Open AccessRequirements of the Pathologist to the Endoscopist (Biopsy Sampling)
Author(s) -
Christian Bussmann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
digestive diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.879
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1421-9875
pISSN - 0257-2753
DOI - 10.1159/000357013
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilic esophagitis , lamina propria , biopsy , esophagus , sampling (signal processing) , pathology , esophagitis , endoscopy , radiology , epithelium , disease , reflux , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
The diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis is based upon corresponding histological and clinical findings. To obtain a reliable diagnosis, the clinician should ideally submit four biopsies each of the proximal and distal esophagus, respectively. The biopsies should not only encompass the full thickness of the epithelium, but parts of the lamina propria as well.