The “white globe appearance” (WGA): a novel marker for a correct diagnosis of early gastric cancer by magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (M-NBI)

Background and study aims: Although magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (M-NBI) is useful for the diagnosis of gastric mucosal lesions, differentiating between early cancer (EC) and low grade adenoma (LGA) remains a challenge. During M-NBI examination, we have noted the presence of a smal...

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Main Authors: Doyama, Hisashi, Yoshida, Naohiro, Tsuyama, Sho, Ota, Ryosuke, Takeda, Yasuhito, Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi, Tsuji, Kunihiro, Tominaga, Kei, Tsuji, Shigetsugu, Takemura, Kenichi, Yamada, Shinya, Katayanagi, Kazuyoshi, Kurumaya, Hiroshi, Iwashita, Akinori, Yao, Kenshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: © Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4477017/