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MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS OF NON‐EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE
Author(s) -
Kato Mototsugu,
Yamamoto Junji,
Shimizu Yuichi,
Takeda Hiroshi,
Asaka Masahiro
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2006.00617.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , narrow band imaging , reflux , endoscopy , pathology , epithelium , disease , radiology
Magnifying endoscopies have been remarkably developed to visualize the microstructure of gastrointestinal surface mucosa and mucosal vascularity. Close examination is necessary not only for colorectal tumors but also for upper gastrointestinal disease. Magnifying endoscopic observations for a change of capillary vessels in the esophageal epithelium was helpful to diagnose the invasive depth of squamous cell carcinoma. Magnifying endoscopic observations using narrow‐band imaging of capillary vessels in esophageal epithelium is useful for the diagnosis of non‐erosive reflux disease, which cannot be visualized by conventional endoscopy.