Advances in Studies on Endoscopy for Diagnosis of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Chronic atrophic gastritis( CAG)is a commonly seen digestive tract disease with the histopathological findings of mucosa inflammation,gland atrophy,intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia. Intestinal metaplasia is considered as a typical sign of CAG. In recent years,with the rapid progress of endoscopic technique,new technology has been applied for the diagnosis of CAG. This article reviewed the advances in studies on ordinary endoscopy,narrow-band imaging technique,magnifying endoscopy,narrow-band imaging-magnifying endoscopy and confocal laser endomicroscopy for the diagnosis of CAG.