Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of confocal laser endomicroscopy in diagnosing dysplasia in patients affected by long-standing ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Antonio Rispo,
Fabiana Castiglione,
Stefania Staibano,
Dario Esposito,
Francesco Maione,
Maria Siano,
Francesca Salvatori,
Stefania Masone,
Marcello Persico,
Giovanni Domenico De Palma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v4.i9.414
Subject(s) - medicine , dysplasia , chromoendoscopy , gold standard (test) , colonoscopy , ulcerative colitis , histology , endomicroscopy , endoscopy , radiology , gastroenterology , colorectal cancer , pathology , cancer , confocal , disease , geometry , mathematics
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) for the detection of dysplasia in long-standing ulcerative colitis (UC).