Simultaneous follow-up of mouse colon lesions by colonoscopy and endoluminal ultrasound biomicroscopy

Table 1 Simultaneous endoluminal ultrasonic biomicroscopy and colonoscopy image acquisition on colon tumor-bearing mice

	Weeks after AOM administration
Mouse number	1st eUBM	2nd eUBM	3rd eUBM
1	13	-	-
2	13	-	-
3	13	18	-
4	13	20	-
5	13	20	-
6	13	20	-
7	13	20	-
8	13	17	21
9	13	17	21
10	13	17	21

eUBM: Endoluminal ultrasonic biomicroscopy; AOM: Azoxymethane.

Table 2 Lesion progression observed by longitudinal endoluminal ultrasonic biomicroscopy and colonoscopic imaging

Animals	Animal lesion	Lesion detection						Lesion progression
		eUBM			Colonoscopy			Size			Lesion type
		N°	Yes	No	Yes	No	Obs	↑	↓	=	Tu	LI	MT
1	L1-1	1	√		√			√			√	√
2	L1-2	1	√		√		√	√			√
3	L1-3	2	√		√			√			√
	L2-3		√		√			√			√
4	L1-4	2	√		√			√			√
	L2-4		√		√					√		√
	L3-4		√		√			√				√
	L4-4		√					√					√
5	L1-5	2	√		√			√			√
	L2-5		√				√	√				√
6	L1-6	2	√		√			√			√
	L2-6		√		√			√				√
	L3-6		√		√					√	√
	L4-6		√			√				√		√
7	L1-7	2	√			√			√			√
	L2-7		√				√	√			√
8	L1-8	3	√		√				√		√
	L2-8		√		√			√			√
	L3-8		√			√				√		√
9	L1-9	3	√						√			√	√
10	L1-10	3	√		√			√			√

Tu: Tumor; LI: Lymphoid infiltrate; MT: Mucosal thickening; eUBM: Endoluminal ultrasonic biomicroscopy; Obs: impossible to analyze due to colonic hemorrhage or feces. ↑: Increased lesion size; ↓: Decreased lesion size; =: No alteration.