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Table 2 Characteristics of the lesions that were diagnosed with cancer and underwent ESD

From: Optical biopsy for esophageal squamous cell neoplasia by using endocytoscopy

 

41 Lesions (37 patients)

Lesions, size (mm), mean (± SD)

15.4 ± 4.9

Location, Ce/Ut/Mt/Lt/Ae

1/13/13/14/0

Endoscopic findings (WLI)

Redness +/− 

41/0

Surface irregular +/− 

17/24

Endoscopic findings (NBI)

Brownish area +/− 

41/0

Background coloration +/− 

38/3

EC classification

1a/1b/2/3

0/0/0/41

Histopathological diagnosis

Cancer/noncancer

41/0

Depth of invasion

EP/LPM/MM

14/25/2

  1. ESD endoscopic submucosal dissection, Ce cervical esophagus, Ut upper thoracic esophagus, Mt middle thoracic esophagus, Lt lower thoracic esophagus, Ae abdominal esophagus, WLI white light imaging, NBI narrow band imaging, EP epithelium, LPM lamina propria mucosae, MM muscularis mucosae