The normal anatomy around the oesophagogastric junction: A histopathologic view and its correlation with endoscopy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-583

  Takubo, Kaiyo ^a,b   Aida, Junko ^a,b   Sawabe, Motoji ^a,b   Arai, Tomio ^a,b   Kato, Hisahito ^c   Pech, Oliver ^d   Arima, Miwako ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c Health Management Center   (Japan)

^d DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^e SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's oesophagus; Columnar island; Columnar lined oesophagus; Oesophagogastric junction; Squamous island; Squamous metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER RISK; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE TRACT BLOOD VESSEL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; STOMACH;

EID: 47649107375     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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