Palisade vessels as a new histologic marker of esophageal origin in ER specimens from columnar-lined esophagus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1140-1145

  Aida, Junko ^a   Vieth, Michael ^g   Ell, Christian ^h   May, Andrea ^h   Pech, Oliver ^h   Hoshihara, Yoshio ^b   Kumagai, Youichi ^f   Kawada, Kenro ^f   Hishima, Tsunekazu ^c   Tateishi, Yoko ^c   Sawabe, Motoji ^d   Arai, Tomio ^d   Matsuura, Masaaki ^e   Takubo, Kaiyo ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^h DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrett esophagus; columnar lined esophagus; esophageal gland proper; esophagogastric junction; palisade vessels

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH; STOMACH TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VEINS;

EID: 79961029669     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182206c0e     Document Type: Article

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