Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Barrett's esophagus occurs when the lining of the esophagus, the tube that runs from the ...

pharynx and esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines (including the rectum and anus). Conditions causing ...

In the present study we have demonstrated for the first time that patients with different grades of reflux esophagitis develop mucosal erosions on different sides of the esophageal wall.

It was composed of two layers of mucosa, the superior surface esophageal and the inferior gastric, separated only by muscularis mucosae. Excision or digital rupture of the ring, combined with ...

The squamo-columnar junction or Z-line (where the 'whitish' esophageal squamous mucosa finishes and the reddish gastric columnar mucosa starts). The esophagogastric junction or lower esophageal ...

1). Seventeen of 31 patients exhibited such ulcerations at autopsy. Eight others displayed denuded esophageal mucosa or submucosal hemorrhages. The occurrence of these lesions after prolonged ...

Narrow band imaging (NBI) is a new technique that can visualize the whole esophagus. The mucosa is sequentially illuminated by precise wavelengths of red, blue, and green light that penetrate ...

ESD is a non-surgical technique performed by specially trained gastroenterologists who use endoscopy to dissect one piece of a superficial mucosal tumor in the esophagus, stomach or colon, leaving ...