Internal Medicine Department, Gastroenterology Unit, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Research Article
Use of Narrow Band Imaging Colonoscopy in Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Author(s): Khaled A. Aaty, Ayman Shamseya, Ezzat Aly, Moamen A. Fawzy* and Reem Ezzat
Ulcerative colitis is a disease of increasing incidence and may progress to colonic cancer. Early detection of dysplastic changes is required. NBI is an added imaging procedure that is supposed to increase the yielding of diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.
Aim of the study: Validate the relation between histological pattern and NBI findings in diagnosing ulcerative colitis.
Patients and methods: 50 patients with diagnosed ulcerative colitis in Alexandria University Hospital were examined by colonoscopy and NBI then biopsies were taken from areas with detected lesions and histopathological examination was done.
Results: Patients were divided into active (27) and inactive (23) according to the clinical performance. From the 23 patients that were supposed to be inactive,
14 showed honeycomb appearance and 7 showe.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2476-1958.2020.5.135
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