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Endoscopic Detection and Analysis of Mucosal Neoplastic Lesions: Enhanced Imaging and Tumor Morphology

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Early Neoplasias of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Endoscopic imaging techniques aim for detection of small and even minute neoplasias and analysis of macroscopic type, microsurface, and capillary architecture. Magnifying image-enhanced endoscopy displays surface and capillary architecture of normal and neoplastic mucosa and allows highly accurate endoscopic diagnosis of margins, malignant transformation, and likelihood of deep submucosal invasion of early mucosal neoplasias, which is fundamental for curative endoscopic resection. We provide an introduction to techniques of image-enhanced endoscopy and diagnostic analysis of endoscopic observations.

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Acknowledgments

The contribution of cases or images by Dr. Hans-Peter Allgaier/Freiburg and Dr. Gerhard Kleber/Aalen, Germany; Dr. Tsuneo Oyama, Saku Central Hospital/Nagano, Japan; and Dr. Daniel Neureiter, University Institute of Pathology/Salzburg, Austria, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University / Salzburger Landeskliniken, Muellner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria

    Frieder Berr

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1 Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8902, Japan

    Toshio Uraoka

  3. Division of Research and Development for Minor Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Naohisa Yahagi

  4. Department of Digestive Diseases, Hôpital Eduard Herriot, Pavillon H, Place d’Arsonval, 69437, Lyon, France

    Thierry Ponchon

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine I, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger, Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria

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  2. Department of Endoscopy, Saku Central Hospital, Advanced Care Center, Saku, Nagano, Japan

    Tsuneo Oyama

  3. Department of Digestive Diseases, Hôpital Eduard Herriot, Lyon, France

    Thierry Ponchon

  4. Division of R&D for Minor Invasive Treatment, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Naohisa Yahagi

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Berr, F., Uraoka, T., Ponchon, T., Yahagi, N. (2014). Endoscopic Detection and Analysis of Mucosal Neoplastic Lesions: Enhanced Imaging and Tumor Morphology. In: Berr, F., Oyama, T., Ponchon, T., Yahagi, N. (eds) Early Neoplasias of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8292-5_4

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