Beyond complete endoscopic healing: goblet appearance using an endocytoscope to predict future sustained clinical remission in ulcerative colitis.

Kazumi TakishimaYasuharu MaedaNoriyuki OgataMasashi MisawaYuichi MoriMayumi HommaTetsuo NemotoYuki MiyataYoshika AkimotoKentaro MochidaYuki TakashinaKenta TanakaKatsuro IchimasaHiroki NakamuraSeiko SasanumaToyoki KudoTakemasa HayashiKunihiko WakamuraHideyuki MiyachiToshiyuki BabaFumio IshidaKazuo OhtsukaShin-Ei Kudo

Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2021)

Observing goblet appearance in vivo allowed us to better predict the future prognosis of UC patients with MES=0. This approach may assist clinicians with onsite decision-making regarding treatment interventions without a biopsy.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
decision making
ultrasound guided
current status
palliative care
fine needle aspiration
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity