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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Apr 16, 2013; 5(4): 174-179
Published online Apr 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i4.174
Published online Apr 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i4.174
Endocytoscopic visualization of squamous cell islands within Barrett’s epithelium
Nicholas Eleftheriadis, Haruhiro Inoue, Haruo Ikeda, Manabu Onimaru, Akira Yoshida, Toshihisa Hosoya, Roberta Maselli, Shin-ei Kudo, Digestive Disease Center, Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224-8503, Japan
Author contributions: Eleftheriadis N wrote the manuscript; Inoue H performed the procedure, designed the study, analyzed and interpreted the data, corrected the manuscript; Ikeda H, Onimaru M, Yoshida A, Hosoya T and Maselli R participated in the procedure and contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data; Kudo S design the study, analyzed and interpreted the data.
Correspondence to: Nicholas Eleftheriadis, MD, Digestive Disease Center, Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasakichuo, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224-8503, Japan. nikoseleftheriadis@yahoo.com
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Received: May 24, 2012
Revised: March 11, 2013
Accepted: March 15, 2013
Published online: April 16, 2013
Revised: March 11, 2013
Accepted: March 15, 2013
Published online: April 16, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Endocytoscopy has been also studied in surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus, with controversial results. In initial studies, however, a soft catheter type endocytoscope was used, while only methylene blue dye was used for staining of Barrett’s mucosa. In the present study, in vivo endocytoscopic visualization of papillary squamous cell islands within glandular Barrett’s epithelium in a patient with long-segment Barrett’s esophagus is reported.