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Recurrent columnar-lined esophageal segments--study of the phenotypic characteristics using intestinal markers.
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus - 1 Jan 2002
Chaves P, Pereira A Dias, Cruz C, Suspiro A, Mendes de Almeida J C, Leitão C N, Soares J
Abstract excerpt
Barrett's metaplasia is recognized by specialized columnar epithelium on the distal esophagus. The events involved in the transformation from squamous to Barrett's epithelium remain unclear. The present study describes the characteristics observed during the recurrence of four cases of columnar-lined esophagus. Red velvet, gastric-like, esophageal mucosa was observed to develop above the anastomosis during...
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