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Surveillance of patients with Barrett's esophagus after complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia.

José Miguel Esteban López-JamarRavishankar AsokkumarJacobo Ortiz-Fernández-SordoRehan J Haidry
Published in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
A 55-year-old Caucasian male with a long history of smoking and reflux disease underwent endoscopic evaluation for dyspepsia. During upper endoscopy, a 4 cm long Barrett's segment with an 8 mm nodular lesion was detected. The lesion was removed en-bloc by endoscopic mucosal resection and biopsies were taken from the adjacent columnar epithelium. The histology of the lesion revealed high-grade dysplasia with clear resection margins and no lymphovascular invasion. The remaining biopsies did not show any dysplastic changes. He subsequently underwent three sequential sessions of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to eradicate the remaining Barrett's epithelium. When this type of case presents to the clinic for follow-up, what do you do next?
Keyphrases
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • ultrasound guided
  • high grade
  • helicobacter pylori infection
  • public health
  • primary care
  • low grade
  • lymph node metastasis
  • helicobacter pylori
  • irritable bowel syndrome