Development of Advanced Imaging Criteria for the Endoscopic Identification of Inflammatory Polyps.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Inflammatory polyps (IPs) are frequently encountered at colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and are associated with an increased risk of colon cancer. The aim of this prospective endoscopic image review and analysis was to describe endoscopic features of IPs in IBD patients at surveillance colonoscopy and determine the ability to endoscopically discern IPs from other colon polyps using high-definition white light (WL), narrow band imaging with magnification (NBI), and chromoendoscopy (CE).

Methods

Digital images of IPs using WL, NBI, and CE were reviewed by four attending gastroenterologists using a two-round modified Delphi method. The ability to endoscopically discern IPs from other colon polyps was determined among groups of gastroenterolog

SUBMITTER: Sussman DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4816089 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature