The prevalence of gastric heterotopia of the proximal esophagus is underestimated, but preneoplasia is rare - correlation with Barrett’s esophagus

BACKGROUND: The previously reported prevalence of gastric heterotopia in the cervical esophagus, also termed inlet patch (IP), varies substantially, ranging from 0.18 to 14%. Regarding cases with adenocarcinoma within IP, some experts recommend to routinely obtain biopsies from IP for histopathology...

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Autores principales: Peitz, Ulrich, Vieth, Michael, Evert, Matthias, Arand, Jovana, Roessner, Albert, Malfertheiner, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5508702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28701149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-017-0644-3

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