Trimodal imaging endoscopy may improve diagnostic accuracy of early gastric neoplasia: a feasibility study.
BACKGROUND
A considerable number of superficial gastric neoplasias are overlooked with conventional white light imaging (WLI) endoscopy.


OBJECTIVE
The aim was to investigate the diagnostic potential of trimodal imaging endoscopy (TME), which combines WLI, autofluorescence imaging (AFI), and narrow-band imaging (NBI), for superficial gastric neoplasia.


METHODS
Feasibility study.


METHODS
Single academic center.


METHODS
Sixty-two patients with or without gastric neoplasia.


METHODS
Each patient serially assessed with WLI, AFI, and magnifying endoscopy with NBI (ME-NBI) by an endoscopist blinded for clinical information. ME-NBI over WLI and AFI was designated as TME. Histopathology of biopsy and ESD specimens was evaluated and used as the gold standard.


METHODS
Sensitivity and specificity of endoscopic diagnosis of pathology-proven neoplasia by per-patient and per-lesion analyses.


RESULTS
The study included 47 pathology-proven neoplasias and 44 pathology-proven nonneoplasias that were detected as neoplasias with any of the modalities. By a per-lesion analysis, the sensitivity of TME (89.4%) was higher than that of WLI (76.6%) and AFI (68.1%). The specificity of TME (98.0%) was higher than that of WLI (84.3%) and AFI (23.5%). By a per-patient analysis, the sensitivity of TME (90.9%) was higher than that of WLI (75%) and AFI (68.2%). The specificity of TME (100%) was higher than that of WLI (72.2%) and AFI (44.4%).


CONCLUSIONS
Case-enriched population at a single center.


CONCLUSIONS
Higher diagnostic accuracy of TME over conventional WLI indicates the feasibility of TME for the efficacious diagnosis of early gastric neoplasia.
Kato
Masayuki
M
Department of Endoscopy, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. masa-kato@jikei.ac.jp
Kaise
Mitsuru
M
Yonezawa
Jin
J
Goda
Kenichi
K
Toyoizumi
Hirobumi
H
Yoshimura
Noboru
N
Yoshida
Yukinaga
Y
Kawamura
Muneo
M
Tajiri
Hisao
H
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*