Open AccessLugol-combined Endoscopie Detection of Minute Malignant Lesions of the Thoracic Esophagus
Author(s) -
Keizō Sugimachi,
Shinji Ohno,
Hiroyuki Matsuda,
Masaki Mori,
Hiroyuki Kuwano
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198808000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , radiology , general surgery , surgery
Early-stage esophageal carcinomas, particularly cases of intraepithelial carcinoma and mucosal carcinoma, are extremely difficult to detect because the patients have no particular complaints, and findings on the x-rays are nil. At present, endoscopic examination is the only tool of any value for discerning such lesions. Lugol-combined endoscopy with biopsy has proven to be most effective for detecting the presence and spread of small malignant lesions of the esophagus. Studies were conducted on the diagnostic features of one intraepithelial, five mucosal and 29 submucosal carcinomas of the esophagus, detected through the use of Lugol-combined endoscopy.