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. 2005 Mar;54(Suppl 1):i38–i42. doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.041590

New developments in the endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus

J Bergman, G Tytgat
PMCID: PMC1867795  PMID: 15711007

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 (A) Barrett's oesophagus with a small inconspicuous area of high grade dysplasia; (B) after staining with indigo carmine the lesion is much easier identified.

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 (A) High resolution endoscopy of a Barrett's oesophagus showing an area with an irregular mucosal pattern corresponding to high grade dysplasia; (B) high resolution endoscopy with narrow band imaging (NBI) of the same area. In NBI, the bandwidths of the standard red, green, and blue pass filters have been narrowed and the relative contribution of the blue filter has been increased resulting in improved mucosal contrast and detail.

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 Transendoscopic brush cytology of a Barrett's oesophagus.

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