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Grading of intraepithelial neoplasia and diagnosis of mucosal carcinoma in Barrett's esophagus provokes controversy when discussed because there is wide interobserver and intraobserver variation of such diagnoses. With new endoscopic techniques, it might become easier to target biopsies to the most relevant structural changes to achieve more-precise diagnoses. Nevertheless, the distinction between...
There are innumerable contributions of Japanese doctors, especially Japanese pathologists, to the practice of modern gastrointestinal pathology. Among these are the basic descriptions and definitions of the most important gastric polyps, the identification of the duplicated muscularis mucosae in Barrett’s esophagus, the discovery of the minute or seedling leiomyomas in both muscularis mucosae and...
Background It is unknown whether the endoscopic appearance of local recurrent squamous cell esophageal cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy is predictive of the subsequent clinical course. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of 19 patients with local recurrence. Local recurrence was classified into three types as seen by endoscopy. Of 19 local recurrences, 9 lesions were classified...
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