Authors: Takashi Hisabe Kenshi Yao Kentaro Imamura Hiroshi Ishihara Fumihito Hirai Toshiyuki Matsui Akinori Iwashita
Publish Date: 2014/05/15
Volume: 59, Issue: 10, Pages: 2544-2549
Abstract
A total of 590 colorectal epithelial neoplasms from 368 consecutive patients were retrospectively analyzed using prospectively collected data Presence or absence of WOS in colorectal epithelial neoplasms was recorded based on the findings of ME with NBIWhite opaque substance was present in 236 of the 590 40 colorectal epithelial neoplasms Compared with WOSnegative patients WOSpositive patients showed significantly larger tumors p 00001 and significantly more tumors in the proximal colon p = 00003 WOS was more frequently present in carcinomas 660 than in adenomas 318 p 00001 WOS was also more frequent in submucosal carcinomas 759 than in intramucosal carcinomas 590 p = 00380
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