title: Endoscopic differential diagnosis between ulcerative colitis-associated neoplasia and sporadic neoplasia in surveillance colonoscopy using narrow band imaging.
abstract: We investigated the efficacy of narrow band imaging, magnifying chromoendoscopy, autofluorescence imaging and photodynamic diagnosis for surveillance colonoscopy or work-up in patients with ulcerative colitis. Endoscopic differential diagnosis between sporadic neoplasia and colitis-associated dysplasia or cancer, however, is still an important issue in practice. Optimization of surveillance colonoscopy, including development of novel methods, should be addressed in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. kenjiw@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Mitsue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sogawa
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ajioka
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011230:Precancerous Conditions