Ono S1, Ono Y2, Sakamoto N3.
Dig Endosc. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/den.13362. [Epub ahead of print]
Recently, there have been some reports that image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE) may be useful for detection of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) (1, 2). Linked color imaging (LCI) enables noninvasive detection of GIM as a lavender color, which is called lavender color sign (LCS) (3). Spraying l-menthol directly onto the gastric antral mucosa is useful for anti-peristalsis. As a secondary effect of spraying l-menthol, Mori et al. reported annular-reticular-like mucosal changes that were mucosal morphologic changes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
1 Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo
2 Department of Gastroenterology, Sapporo City Hospital, Sapporo
3 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.