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***There is disagreement whether goblet cells are required for the diagnosis.<ref name=pmid19623166>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Riddell | first1 = RH. | last2 = Odze | first2 = RD. | title = Definition of Barrett's esophagus: time for a rethink--is intestinal metaplasia dead? | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 104 | issue = 10 | pages = 2588-94 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/ajg.2009.390 | PMID = 19623166 }}</ref>
***There is disagreement whether goblet cells are required for the diagnosis.<ref name=pmid19623166>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Riddell | first1 = RH. | last2 = Odze | first2 = RD. | title = Definition of Barrett's esophagus: time for a rethink--is intestinal metaplasia dead? | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 104 | issue = 10 | pages = 2588-94 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/ajg.2009.390 | PMID = 19623166 }}</ref>
****One large study suggests that goblets cells are only absent due to undersampling.<ref name=pmid21959311>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chandrasoma | first1 = P. | last2 = Wijetunge | first2 = S. | last3 = DeMeester | first3 = S. | last4 = Ma | first4 = Y. | last5 = Hagen | first5 = J. | last6 = Zamis | first6 = L. | last7 = DeMeester | first7 = T. | title = Columnar-lined esophagus without intestinal metaplasia has no proven risk of adenocarcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-7 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822a5a2c | PMID = 21959311 }}</ref>
****One large study suggests that goblets cells are only absent due to undersampling.<ref name=pmid21959311>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chandrasoma | first1 = P. | last2 = Wijetunge | first2 = S. | last3 = DeMeester | first3 = S. | last4 = Ma | first4 = Y. | last5 = Hagen | first5 = J. | last6 = Zamis | first6 = L. | last7 = DeMeester | first7 = T. | title = Columnar-lined esophagus without intestinal metaplasia has no proven risk of adenocarcinoma. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-7 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822a5a2c | PMID = 21959311 }}</ref>
*Associated with chronic reflux - ''see: [[gastroesophageal reflux disease]]''.
*Associated with (chronic) [[gastroesophageal reflux disease]].


Significance of Barrett's esophagus:
Significance of Barrett's esophagus:
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Columnar epithelium with goblet cells - '''key feature'''.
*Columnar epithelium with:
**Moderate chronic inflammation +/- acute inflammation -- common.<ref name=pmid10566710>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Voutilainen | first1 = M. | last2 = Färkkilä | first2 = M. | last3 = Mecklin | first3 = JP. | last4 = Juhola | first4 = M. | last5 = Sipponen | first5 = P. | title = Chronic inflammation at the gastroesophageal junction (carditis) appears to be a specific finding related to Helicobacter pylori infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The Central Finland Endoscopy Study Group. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 94 | issue = 11 | pages = 3175-80 | month = Nov | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01513.x | PMID = 10566710 }}</ref>
**Goblet cells - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Mild hyperchromasia.
**+/-Moderate chronic inflammation +/- acute inflammation -- common.<ref name=pmid10566710>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Voutilainen | first1 = M. | last2 = Färkkilä | first2 = M. | last3 = Mecklin | first3 = JP. | last4 = Juhola | first4 = M. | last5 = Sipponen | first5 = P. | title = Chronic inflammation at the gastroesophageal junction (carditis) appears to be a specific finding related to Helicobacter pylori infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The Central Finland Endoscopy Study Group. | journal = Am J Gastroenterol | volume = 94 | issue = 11 | pages = 3175-80 | month = Nov | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01513.x | PMID = 10566710 }}</ref>
*+/-Reactive squamous epithelium suggestive of reflux.
**+/-Mild nuclear hyperchromasia.
*+/-Squamous epithelium with changes of [[gastroesophageal reflux disease|gastroesophageal reflux]].
 
Note:
*Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is occasionally subdivided:<ref name=pmid10680883>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rugge | first1 = M. | last2 = Correa | first2 = P. | last3 = Dixon | first3 = MF. | last4 = Hattori | first4 = T. | last5 = Leandro | first5 = G. | last6 = Lewin | first6 = K. | last7 = Riddell | first7 = RH. | last8 = Sipponen | first8 = P. | last9 = Watanabe | first9 = H. | title = Gastric dysplasia: the Padova international classification. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 167-76 | month = Feb | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10680883 }}</ref>
**''Complete IM'' -- the important one = goblet cells and (intestinal) brush border.
**''Incomplete'' -- not so important = mucus vacuoles of various sizes, no (intestinal) brush border.


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