Endoscopic features of lymphoid follicles using blue laser imaging (BLI) endoscopy in the colorectum and its association with chronic bowel symptoms.

Endoscopic features of lymphoid follicles using blue laser imaging (BLI) endoscopy in the colorectum and its association with chronic bowel symptoms.

In the colorectum, lymphoid follicles hyperplasia (LH) is sometimes observed as small, round, yellowish-white nodules. The novel image-enhanced endoscopy system named blue laser imaging (BLI) provides enhanced the contrast of surface vessels using lasers for light illumination. We investigated the e...

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Main Authors: Tomomitsu Tahara, Kazuya Takahama, Sayumi Tahara, Dai Yoshida, Noriyuki Horiguchi, Tomohiko Kawamura, Masaaki Okubo, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Yoshihito Nakagawa, Makoto Urano, Tomoyuki Shibata, Tetsuya Tuskamoto, Hiro-O Ieda, Makoto Kuroda, Naoki Ohmiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5538676?pdf=render

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