Table 2.
Criteria suggestive for malignancy | Criteria suggestive for benign lesions/strictures | Inflammatory conditions |
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Thick, dark bands (>40 µm) | Thin, dark bands (branching) | Vascular congestion |
Thick, white bands (>20 µm) | Thin, white bands | Dark granular patterns with scales |
Dark clumps | Increased interglandular space | |
Epithelium (villi, glands) | Thickened reticular structure | |
Fluorescein leakage |
pCLE: probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy