Abstract
Background
A careful endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus is warranted to prevent
esophageal cancer.
Aim
To identify the preferred location of non-circumferential Barrett's oesophagus and
associated dysplasia within the esophageal circumference.
Methods
We retrospectively reviewed a prospectively maintained database of patients with non-circumferential
lesions. The location of metaplastic lesions and dysplastic lesions within the esophageal
circumference was identified as on a clock face, and their distribution in the 4 quadrants
was compared.
Results
Of overall 443 patients with Barrett's oesophagus, 192 (43%) were eligible for our
study. Multiple lesions were diagnosed in 110 (57%) of them, for a total amount of
352 metaplastic areas. Barrett's oesophagus lesions were located significantly more
in the posterior wall of the oesophagus (38.4%), rather than in the right wall (28.8%),
the anterior wall (22.6%), or the left wall (10.2%) (P < 0.0001). Among all metaplastic lesions, 28 were associated with dysplasia (7.9%),
and one with adenocarcinoma (0.3%). Dysplastic lesions were significantly more common
in the posterior wall (39.3%) than, respectively, in the anterior wall (35.8%), the
right wall (21.4%) or the left wall (3.5%) (P = 0.03).
Conclusion
Our results show that the posterior wall of the oesophagus is the preferential location
of both Barrett's oesophagus and associated dysplasia.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 16, 2016
Accepted:
June 17,
2016
Received:
March 16,
2016
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© 2016 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
