Difference between revisions of "Esophagus"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features to assess:<ref name=Ref_GLP46>{{Ref GLP|46}}</ref>
Features to assess:<ref name=Ref_GLP46>{{Ref GLP|46}}</ref>
# Lack of surface maturation.
# Lack of surface maturation - very common, occasionally absent.<ref name=pmid16625087>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lomo | first1 = LC. | last2 = Blount | first2 = PL. | last3 = Sanchez | first3 = CA. | last4 = Li | first4 = X. | last5 = Galipeau | first5 = PC. | last6 = Cowan | first6 = DS. | last7 = Ayub | first7 = K. | last8 = Rabinovitch | first8 = PS. | last9 = Reid | first9 = BJ. | title = Crypt dysplasia with surface maturation: a clinical, pathologic, and molecular study of a Barrett's esophagus cohort. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 423-35 | month = Apr | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16625087 }}</ref>
#*Lack of lighter staining at surface.
#*Lack of lighter staining at surface.
#*Nuclear crowding at surface.
#*Nuclear crowding at surface.