放大内镜对胃黏膜肠上皮化生及萎缩的观察研究

目的应用高清晰放大胃镜观察研究胃黏膜肠上皮化生小凹形态的特点,并与病理学黏液组织化学染色结果进行对照,以提高胃镜下早癌的检出率。方法使用高清晰放大电子胃镜对因上消化道症状就诊的患者进行检查,观察胃黏膜微细形态,并予1%亚甲蓝喷洒,判断肠上皮化生部位,并于各不同形态处取活组织检查。结果人选患者共109例,共观察及活检115个部位,黏膜微细形态可分为6型,其中4型、5型是肠上皮化生的特征性形态,6型是萎缩的特征。结论高清晰放大胃镜下胃黏膜肠上皮化生小凹由正常变为椭圆状甚至绒毛状。依据这些特征可指导活检,避免普通胃镜检查活检的盲目性,提高肠上皮化生的检出率。     

Non-sequential narrow band imaging for targeted biopsy and monitoring of gastric intestinal metaplasia

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of non-sequential narrow band imaging (NBI) for a better recognition of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM). METHODS: Previously diagnosed GIM patients underwent targeted biopsy from areas with and without GIM, as indicated by NBI, twice at an interval of 1 year. The authors compared the endoscopic criteria such as light blue crest (LBC), villous pattern (VP), and large long crest (LLC) with standard histology. The results from two surveillance endoscopies were compared with hi...     

窄带成像放大内镜鉴别大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变的价值

目的 探讨窄带成像放大内镜（NBI—ME）鉴别大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变表面网状微血管结构改变的临床价值。方法选择常规内镜检出大肠肿瘤性、非肿瘤性病变144处（102例）,记录NBI—ME观察病变表面微血管结构（CP）形态和染色放大内镜观察病变黏膜表面腺管开口（pit）形态。分析pit周围CP形态变化,比较两者形态间的关系。所有病变经内镜或手术治疗后行组织病理学检查。结果常规内镜鉴别病变是否为肿瘤性的准确率75．7％、敏感性85．1％、特异性40．0％,明显低于NBI—ME和染色放大内镜（P〈0．005）,NBI—ME和染色放大内镜间则未见差异。CP分型与pit分型对照,CP—Ⅰ型、Ⅱ型、Ⅳ型、Ⅵa型分别与pitⅠ型、Ⅱ型、Ⅳ型、Ⅴ1型间一致性达100％。144处病变中,内镜治疗129处,手术治疗15处。组织病理学检查：非肿瘤性30处（增生性息肉17处、炎症性息肉13处）;肿瘤性114处（腺瘤95处、腺癌19处）。结论初步显示NBI—ME和染色放大内镜之间具有正相关性,两种检查方法互补可作为当前鉴别大肠病变是否为肿瘤性的重要手段。     

放大结合窄带成像在上消化道内镜检查中指导靶向活检的价值

目的探讨放大内镜（magnifying endoscopy,ME）结合窄带成像（narrow—band imaging,NBI）在上消化道胃镜检查中指导靶向活检的价值。方法筛选普通白光胃镜检查活检提示存在低级别上皮内瘤变的患者或直径大于2．0cm的胃溃疡患者,共200例,随机分成2组,2—4周复查胃镜。普通白光胃镜组：普通白光胃镜观察后局部活检。ME—NBI组：根据放大胃镜下表现,在病变最严重部位靶向活检。分析普通胃镜活检结果与ME—NBI靶向活检结果与最终病理诊断结果的关系。结果200例患者中,3例患者失访,共完成197例。普通白光胃镜组100例,其中食管病变23例,胃病变77例。ME—NBI组97例,其中食管病变19例,胃病变78例。ME-NBI组平均每例活检数（2．95块）与普通胃镜组（4．56块）相比差异具有统计学意义（P〈0．001）。与最终病理结果符合率：ME—NBI90．7％（88／97）,普通胃镜71．0％（71／100）。两组间差异具有统计学意义（P〈0．01）。结论ME—NBI技术操作简便,可清晰观察病灶微细结构,有助于提高早期上消化道肿瘤的靶向活检准确率,在常规胃镜检查中发现可疑病灶后,可使用ME．NBI观察,指导靶向活检。     

Optical enhancement imaging versus acetic acid for detecting gastric intestinal metaplasia: A randomized,comparative trial

Background and aimsThe diagnosis of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is still challenging. Optical Enhancement technology (OE) may improve the detection of GIM. We compared detection of GIM with OE, acetic acid and the Sydney biopsy protocol in a surveillance population.MethodsConsecutive patients with atrophic gastritis or known GIM were prospectively included. The stomach was examined with high definition whitelight endoscopy, followed by OE or acetic acid with targeted biopsies (1:1 randomisation). Subsequently, five random biopsies were taken according to the updated Sydney system.ResultsA total of 154 patients were randomized. Higher proportions of patients with GIM were detected by OE and acetic acid versus random biopsy (60.5% vs 35.5%, 67.1% vs 31.5%, respectively; P < 0.0001 for both comparisons). The combined use of targeted biopsies and random biopsies provides high diagnostic yields for GIM (78.9% in OE group and 83.6% in acetic acid group). In addition, the proportion of extensive GIM was significantly increased when image enhanced endoscopy was used instead of white light endoscopy (P = 0.029, P = 0.048, respectively).ConclusionsOE and acetic acid showed comparable results diagnosing GIM in the study. Targeted biopsies plus random biopsies should be used complementary in high risk populations.     

胃黏膜肠化生的逆转性问题

胃黏膜肠化生作为胃癌前病变,与胃癌的发病存在密切联系.关于肠化生是否具有逆转性,目前尚有争议.但来自流行病学的证据显示,经过长期随访研究,肠化生可以逆转,但改变程度较小.除H pylori感染外,维生素C缺乏、胃酸减少和/或胆汁返流等亦是其发病因素.肠化生的发病机制尚处于探索阶段,H pylori毒力因子、肠道特异性转录因子、微卫星不稳定性等均参与其发病环节,但尚不能肯定肠化生是由干细胞突变引起的胃上皮细胞表型的改变.肠化生在诊断上存在诸多困难,严格的内镜评估以及正确的取检部位尤为重要.单独根除H pylori似乎不足以逆转肠化生,联合应用其他化学阻断剂以及中医药,可能是一条新的治疗途径.     

Standard vs magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric precancerous conditions

BACKGROUNDAdvances in endoscopic imaging enable the identification of patients at high risk of gastric cancer. However, there are no comparative data on the utility of standard and magnifying narrow-band imaging (M-NBI) endoscopy for diagnosing Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, gastric atrophy, and intestinal metaplasia. AIMTo compare the diagnostic performance of standard and M-NBI endoscopy for H. pylori gastritis and precancerous conditions. METHODSIn 254 patients, standard endoscopy findings were classified into mosaic-like appearance (type A), diffuse homogenous redness (type B), and irregular redness with groove (type C). Gastric mucosal patterns visualized by M-NBI were classified as regular round pits with polygonal sulci (type Z-1), more dilated and linear pits without sulci (type Z-2), and loss of gastric pits with coiled vessels (type Z-3). RESULTSThe diagnostic accuracy of standard and M-NBI endoscopy for H. pylori gastritis was 93.3% and 96.1%, respectively. Regarding gastric precancerous conditions, the accuracy of standard and M-NBI endoscopy was 72.0% vs 72.6% for moderate to severe atrophy, and 61.7% vs. 61.1% for intestinal metaplasia in the corpus, respectively. Compared to type A and Z-1, types B+C and Z-2+Z-3 were significantly associated with moderate to severe atrophy [odds ratio (OR) = 5.56 and 8.67] and serum pepsinogen I/II ratio of ≤ 3 (OR = 4.48 and 5.69). CONCLUSIONClose observation of the gastric mucosa by standard and M-NBI endoscopy is useful for the diagnosis of H. pylori gastritis and precancerous conditions.     

窄带成像放大内镜对胃良恶性溃疡的鉴别诊断价值

目的探讨窄带成像放大内镜对胃良恶性溃疡的鉴别诊断价值。方法对常规内镜检查诊断为胃良性溃疡者186例再行窄带成像放大内镜检查,观察溃疡边缘胃小凹及黏膜微血管改变,并于相应部位取活检做病理学检查。结果常规内镜诊断为胃良性溃疡者186例,窄带成像放大内镜检查诊断为良性溃疡174例,恶性溃疡者12例;良性溃疡胃小凹形态规则,149例（85．63％,149／174）为D型,23例（13．22％,23／174）为C型,2例（1．15％,2／174）为E型;恶性溃疡患者胃小凹形态不规则、大小不一,胃小凹基本形态均为F型（100％,12／12）。良、恶性溃疡小凹形态比较差异有显著性（P〈0．01）;76例良性溃疡患者溃疡边缘未见黏膜微血管（43．67％,76／174）,98例可见规则的血管网（56．33％,98／174）。11例恶性溃疡患者溃疡边缘可见不规则的血管（91．67％,11／12）。良恶性溃疡微血管形态比较差异有显著性（P〈0．01）。结论窄带成像放大内镜对胃良恶性溃疡的鉴别诊断有重要的参考价值。     

白光内镜与放大内镜联合窄带成像技术对良性病变中肠型胃腺瘤的诊断作用比较

目的：比较常规白光内镜与放大内镜联合窄带成像技术在良性病变中诊断肠型胃腺瘤的准确性。方法：连续收集2016年1月至2017年12月在上海仁济医院消化内镜中心经白光内镜检查怀疑胃早期肿瘤性病变的患者,择期再次行白光内镜及放大窄带光成像内镜检查,分别记录其内镜诊断结果,并取活检,以活检或术后病理诊断为评判标准,除外癌变病灶,比较白光内镜和放大窄带光成像内镜在良性病灶中区分肠型胃腺瘤和其他非腺瘤病变的诊断准确性。结果：共纳入232例患者（232个病灶）,其中肠型胃腺瘤124例,其他非腺瘤性良性病灶108例（萎缩、溃疡、增生、非肠型胃腺瘤相关低级别上皮内瘤变等）,放大窄带光成像内镜区分肠型胃腺瘤与非腺瘤性良性病变的灵敏度、阴性预测值、准确度均显著高于白光内镜（分别为92.7%比71.8%,91.6%比73.7%,91.8%比80.6%;P均<0.01）,特异性一致（均为90.7%）,阳性预测值和白光内镜相比（92%比89.9%）,差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。结论：放大窄带光成像内镜鉴别肠型胃腺瘤与非腺瘤性良性病变的准确性显著高于白光内镜。     

Magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy is superior in diagnosis of early gastric cancer

AIM: To evaluate the diagnostic effectiveness of white light endoscopy, magnifying endoscopy (ME), and magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy (ME-NBI) in detecting early gastric cancer (EGC).METHODS: From March 2010 to June 2012, a total of 3616 patients received screening for gastric cancer by magnifying endoscopy. There were 3675 focal gastric lesions detected using conventional high definition white light endoscopy (HD-WLE) in four different referential hospitals that were recruited for further investigation using ME and ME-NBI. The images obtained from HD-WLE, ME, and ME-NBI were reviewed by four experienced endoscopists to evaluate their diagnostic effectiveness for EGC. The diagnosis of cancerous and non-cancerous lesions was conducted by evaluating the microvascular and microsurface patterns using the VS classification system. The final endoscopic diagnosis of each lesion was determined by consultation when a disagreement occurred. We used histopathological results as the gold standard for the diagnosis of EGC.RESULTS: Among the 3675 lesions found, 1508 were validated by pathological findings as chronic gastritis, 1279 as chronic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia, 631 as low-grade neoplasia, and 257 as EGC. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of HD-WLE for the diagnosis of EGC were 71.2%, 99.1%, 85.5%, 97.9% and 97.1%, respectively. The results of ME for diagnosing EGC were 81.3%, 98.8%, 83.3%, 98.6% and 97.6%, respectively. The results of ME-NBI for the diagnosis of EGC were 87.2%, 98.6%, 82.1%, 99.0% and 97.8%, respectively. The diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy of paired ME and ME-NBI were significantly better than those of HD-WLE (P < 0.05).CONCLUSION: HD-WLE has a relatively high accuracy for diagnosing EGC and is an effective screening tool. Further investigations of ME and ME-NBI are required to achieve superior accuracy.     

Role of digital chromoendoscopy and confocal laser endomicroscopy for gastric intestinal metaplasia and cancer surveillance

In Japan and countries such as South Korea and Tai-wan, China, the standard technique for detecting earlygastric cancer (EGC) is chromoendoscopy. This technique involves a magnified endoscope and the use ofan indigo-carmine spray to distinguish between EGCand non-EGC areas. However, this technique is notwidely adopted in many parts of the world. One important reason for limited use is that this technique needsan experienced endoscopist to interpret the imagesduring the procedure. In addition, the sensitivity for detecting gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), a precancerous lesion of EGC, is graded as suboptimal. Moreover,the requirement of a cumbersome spraying method isinconvenient and needs preparation time. Easier digitalchromoendoscopy techniques, such as Narrow-bandImaging and Flexible spectral Imaging Color Enhancement, have been reported to facilitate targeted GIM and EGC biopsy. They provide higher sensitivities over conventional white light endoscopy. Recently, the noveltechnology of confocal laser endomicroscopy has been introduced as a high-magnification (1000 ×) real-time evaluation for many early gastrointestinal (GI) cancersand precancerous GI lesions, including colonic polyp,Barrett’s esophagus, and GIM. The advantage of this technique is that it can be used as an in vivo confirmation of the presence of GIM and EGC during endoscopic surveillance. This review aims to explain the current information on the usefulness of digital chromoendos-copy and confocal laser endomicroscopy for evaluating GIM and EGC during endoscopic surveillance and the possible future role of these techniques for GI cancerscreening programs.     

窄带成像技术普通内镜与放大内镜对大肠肿瘤诊断价值的对比研究

目的 探讨窄带成像技术（NBI）模式下普通内镜和放大内镜对大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变的鉴别诊断价值.方法 选择2008年9月至2010年2月间内镜中心行NBI内镜检查发现的大肠新生性病变的患者,对发现的大肠新生性病变进行黏膜表面细微腺管开口形态分型及微血管形态分型,综合工藤进英腺管开口形态分型法与佐野宁微血管形态分型法进行诊断,将NBI内镜诊断结果与病理诊断结果进行对比分析.100例患者符合条件纳入研究,其中行NBI普通内镜64例,行NBI放大内镜36例.结果 排除不符合诊断标准的7例病例（NBI普通内镜5例,NBI放大内镜2例）,NBI内镜对大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变诊断的总符合率为91.4%（85/93）,其中NBI普通内镜为89.8%（53/59）,NBI放大内镜为94.1%（32/34）,均明显高于文献报道传统内镜的79.1%（P均＜0.05）,但NBI普通内镜与NBI放大内镜间比较差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）.结论 与NBI放大内镜相似,NBI普通内镜也可比较准确地鉴别大肠肿瘤性与非肿瘤性病变.     

Narrow-band imaging with magnifying endoscopy for the evaluation of gastrointestinal lesions

Narrow band imaging(NBI) endoscopy is an optical image enhancing technology that allows a detailed inspection of vascular and mucosal patterns, providing the ability to predict histology during real-time endoscopy. By combining NBI with magnification endoscopy(NBI-ME), the accurate assessment of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract can be achieved, as well as the early detection of neoplasia by emphasizing neovascularization. Promising results of the method in the diagnosis of premalignant and malignant lesions of gastrointestinal tract have been reported in clinical studies. The usefulness of NBI-ME as an adjunct to endoscopic therapy in clinical practice, the potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, surveillance strategies and cost-saving strategies based on this method are summarized in this review. Various classification systems of mucosal and vascular patterns used to differentiate preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions have been reviewed. We concluded that the clinical applicability of NBI-ME has increased, but standardization of endoscopic criteria and classification systems, validation in randomized multicenter trials and training programs to improve the diagnostic performance are all needed before the widespread acceptance of the method in routine practice. However, published data regarding the usefulness of NBI endoscopy are relevant in order to recommend the method as a reliable tool in diagnostic and therapy, even for less experienced endoscopists.     

Prevalence and distribution of gastric intestinal metaplasia and its subtypes

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Intestinal metaplasia, especially type III intestinal metaplasia is considered to be a precursor of gastric cancer and because of this it is suggested that these patients should be followed up by gastroscopy. Our aim was to find out the prevalence of intestinal metaplasia and its subtypes, the appearance of intestinal metaplasia in different parts of the stomach, and the correlation of intestinal metaplasia with other histological and endoscopic findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 505 consecutive patients, with a mean age+/-S.D. of 54+/-16 years, had two biopsies taken from the antrum, two from the corpus, and, in 272 cases, two from the angulus of the stomach during routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Histological specimens were examined according to the updated Sydney system and the ones with incomplete intestinal metaplasia were further stained for sulphomucin visualisation to divide these into types II and III. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of intestinal metaplasia was 19%. The prevalence of type III intestinal metaplasia was 2.8%, type II intestinal metaplasia was 4.4%, and complete intestinal metaplasia was 11%. Intestinal metaplasia was found most frequently in the antrum and also in the angulus. There was no type III intestinal metaplasia in the corpus. Intestinal metaplasia was found more frequently in patients with atrophic gastritis than in other patients (p < 0.01). The patients with type III intestinal metaplasia were older than the patients without intestinal metaplasia (mean age of 73 versus 51 years). None of the patients with a totally normal appearing stomach in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy had type II or type III intestinal metaplasia. CONCLUSION: The relatively high overall prevalence of intestinal metaplasia was found in patients referred for gastroscopy in a region of low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and low incidence of gastric cancer. Intestinal metaplasia was most often found in the antrum and angulus. Type III intestinal metaplasia was more prevalent in older patients and intestinal metaplasia was more frequently found in patients with atrophic gastritis. Normal appearing endoscopic finding seems to exclude type II and III intestinal metaplasia.     

Prediction of submucosal gastric cancer by narrow-band imaging magnifying endoscopy

BackgroundThe features of gastric submucosal cancer revealed by magnifying endoscopy have not been reported. Aim of our study was to investigate whether magnifying endoscopy could contribute to the diagnosis of submucosal invasion.Patients and methodsIn this prospective, cross-sectional study, 197 lesions of gastric differentiated adenocarcinoma, diagnosed as mucosal cancer by conventional endoscopy, were observed by magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging, paying attention to the presence of a blurry mucosal pattern and an irregular mesh pattern. After endoscopic submucosal dissection, all lesions were examined histologically and the areas of two features were estimated.ResultsAmong the lesions examined, 177 were diagnosed histologically as mucosal cancer and 20 as submucosal cancer. Multivariate logistic regression analysis confirmed that a blurry mucosal pattern (odds ratio 12.15, 95% confidence interval 3.45–42.76, p = 0.000) and an irregular mesh pattern (22.55, 4.22–120.45, p = 0.000) were independent predictors of submucosal invasion.ConclusionsNarrow band imaging magnifying endoscopic features are useful for predicting submucosal invasion in gastric cancer.