The nature of the white opaque substance within colorectal neoplastic epithelium as visualized by magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging

Background and study aims: We previously reported our discovery of a white opaque substance (WOS) that is opaque to endoscopic light inside the epithelium while using magnifying endoscopy (ME) to examine gastric epithelial neoplasia. Histopathologic analysis revealed that the WOS comprises minute li...

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Main Authors: Kentaro Imamura, Kenshi Yao, Takashi Hisabe, Masami Nambu, Kensei Ohtsu, Tetsuya Ueo, Shinji Yano, Hiroshi Ishihara, Takashi Nagahama, Takao Kanemitsu, Kazutomo Yamasaki, Toshiyuki Matsui, Hiroshi Tanabe, Akinori Iwashita, Tsutomu Daa, Shigeo Yokoyama, Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Munechika Enjoji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-10-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-116487