She edits and prepares scientific manuscripts and grant proposals for submission. Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper ...

Presumably, the repeated exposure to acid and bile in the refluxate induces tissue injury in the lower esophagus, and the intestinal metaplasia that forms during the healing process likely ...

It is generally believed that gastric cancer is a multi-step progression from chronic gastritis to gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia and cancer. Early gastric cancer is defined as ...

BACKGROUND Biopsy specimens obtained from the gastro-oesophageal junction can reveal intestinal metaplasia in patients presenting for routine upper endoscopy. The site of biopsy may play a critical ...

Definitions of Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) among guidelines are inconsistent in terms of the minimum length of metaplastic mucosa and of the requirement of intestinal metaplasia (IM, often called ...

This is known as intestinal metaplasia. This condition may result from acid reflux, which can cause epigastric pain. However, not everyone with Barrett’s esophagus will have acid reflux.

Krasner, N., Raman, V.S., et al. (2003) A randomized, prospective cross-over trial comparing methylene blue-directed biopsy and conventional random biopsy for detecting intestinal metaplasia and ...

Objective We tested the hypothesis that fat metaplasia on MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) increases the propensity for new bone formation in the spine of patients with spondyloarthritis. Methods We ...