title: A case of small early gastric cancer that was successfully detected by narrow band imaging magnifying endoscopy.
abstract: Endoscopic diagnosis of gastric cancer is very often made by conventional white light endoscopy and/or by indigo carmine chromoendoscopy. However, with this method it is difficult to detect and demarcate a small lesion affected by inflammation or a biopsy procedure. We considered it is useful for diagnosis of such small cancers to observe a lesion with a magnifying endoscope combined with a narrow band imaging system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan. ymorita@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Shoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Shinwa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyonaga
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azuma
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*