J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 100(3): 240-243, 1999

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HISTOLOGIC OCCURRENCE OF BARRETT'S CARCINOMA

1) First Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
2) Keiyukai Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Hiroyuki Naitoh1), Masashi Kodama1), Tohru Tani1), Akira Kawaguchi1), Eiji Mekata1), Hiroki Tamura1), Masao Hosokawa2)

It is generally agreed that the diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus is justified when the columnar epithelium 3 cm or more from the E-C junction is involved. Microscopically, the epithelium has three distinct appearances : (1) gastric fundic type ; (2) junctional type ; and (3) specialized columnar type.
In mucin histochemistry in 6 cases of Barrett’s carcinoma, 5 cases of Barrett’s esophagus were positive for HID-AB. Four cases of Barrett’s carcinoma were also positive. These results suggest that Barrett’s carcinoma developed from the specialized columnar type of Barrett’s esophagus.

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