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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2006; 12(28): 4586-4587
Published online Jul 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i28.4586
Published online Jul 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i28.4586
Diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis by high resolution magnification endoscopy
George K Anagnostopoulos, Krish Ragunath, Anthony Shonde, Christopher J Hawkey, Kenshi Yao, Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Supported by an unrestricted grant to Dr. Ragunath by Olympus Keymed United Kingdom
Correspondence to: Dr. George K Anagnostopoulos, Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom. gkanagnostopoulos@yahoo.gr
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Received: January 4, 2006
Revised: January 12, 2006
Accepted: January 24, 2006
Published online: July 28, 2006
Revised: January 12, 2006
Accepted: January 24, 2006
Published online: July 28, 2006
Abstract
Endoscopic visualisation of gastric atrophy is usually not feasible with conventional endoscopy. Magnifying endoscopy is helpful to analyze the subepithelial microvascular architecture as well as the mucosal surface microstructure without tissue biopsy. Using this technique we were able to describe the normal gastric microvasculature pattern and we also identified characteristic patterns in two cases of autoimmune atrophic gastritis.
Keywords: Magnification endoscopy, Autoimmune gastritis, Collecting venules, Subepithelial capillary network