Barrett's metaplasia was histologically confirmed in 29 (7.4%) patients (14.8% of patients with irregular Z-line and Barrett's tongues, 27.7% of patients with Barrett's islands and 71.4% of ...
Norman Barrett, 1957 Figure 1: Barrett's specialized intestinal metaplasia and mucosal defence. On the basis of data from a large multi-centre US study, it is estimated that the four major risk ...
When IM happens in the stomach, it's called gastric intestinal metaplasia; when it occurs in the esophagus, it's called Barrett's esophagus. Intestinal metaplasia does not cause any symptoms by ...
Jankowski J, Provenzale D, Moayyedi P. Esophageal adenocarcinoma arising from Barrett's metaplasia has regional variations in the west. Gastroenterology 122(2), 588-590 (2002). Haggitt RC.
The green arrow denotes a nodular mucosa that revealed early Barrett's adenocarcinoma on biopsy. The pink-colored areas are Barrett's metaplasia and the whitish areas are normal squamous epithelium.