Table 4.
Distribution of biopsy diagnoses in cases of which ESD/surgical specimen showed definite stromal invasion—esophageal lesions
| Case no. | Japanese: 6 pathologists. Distribution of biopsy diagnoses |
Polish and German: 23 pathologists. Distribution of biopsy diagnoses |
Total* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caa
(Noninvb) |
HDc | LDd | R/Ie | Ca (Noninv) |
HD | LD | R/I | ||
| Case 1 | 5 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 5 | 0 | 15 | 23 |
| Case 2 | 6 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (14) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Case 3 | 6 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (12) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Case 4 | 6 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (11) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Case 5 | 6 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (13) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22** |
| Total (%) | 29 (29/30:97%) | 1 (1/30:3%) | 59 (59/114:52%) | 30 (30/114:26%) | 4 (4/114:4%) | 21 (21/114:18%) | 114**/114: (100%) | ||
* Total number of Polish and German pathologists who participated in diagnosing
** There was one pathologist who did not make diagnosis for case 5
aCarcinoma
bNoninvasive carcinoma
cHigh-grade dysplasia
dLow-grade dysplasia
eReactive lesion or indefinite for neoplasia