Examination of Barrett’s esophagus

Almost everybody prescribes at least low-dose PPI to their Barrett patients even if they complete asymptomatic – is this warranted?

In the following, examples for superficial/early Barrett lesions of the esophagus are shown. Here, flat and sessilelesions are predominant, pedunculated tumors are rare. Sessile tumor

The Prague classification was presented by an international research group in 2006 (1) and has since been regarded as the standard for measuring the length

Early esophageal carcinoma (squamous epithelium): tips and tricks for difficult ESDs

Visualization of the Z-line without enhancement and with iScan, obstructed by esophageal motility.

The efficacy of surveillance for Barrett’s patients is a matter of controversy, and it is probably due to the low long-term risk of carcinoma developing

Low-grade dysplasia (low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, LGIN) is difficult to distinguish from inflammation histopathologically. The interobserver variance rates usually show kappa values below 0.4, representing a

The risk of progression of nonneoplastic Barrett’s esophagus to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or adenocarcinoma is extremely low and has been reported in recent studies to