Open AccessNew application of endocytoscope for histopathological diagnosis of colorectal lesions
Author(s) -
Fumihiro Inoue,
Daizen Hirata,
Mineo Iwatate,
Santa Hattori,
Mikio Fujita,
Wataru Sano,
Tamotsu Sugai,
Hiroshi Kawachi,
Kazuhito Ichikawa,
Yasushi Sano
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v14.i8.495
Subject(s) - histopathology , medicine , pathological , hyperplastic polyp , colonoscopy , magnification , adenoma , colorectal cancer , pathology , radiology , tubular adenoma , cancer , computer science , computer vision
The endocytoscope with ultra-high magnification (x 520) allows us to observe the cellular structure of the colon epithelium during colonoscopy, known as virtual histopathology. We hypothesized that the endocytoscope could directly observe colorectal histopathological specimens and store them as endocyto-pathological images by the endoscopists without a microscope, potentially saving the burden on histopathologists.