Histological Presentation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Simply a Magic Number?

Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis is an increasing condition in industrialized countries. The etiology is still somewhat unclear. It was thought that it can be part of eosinophilic gastroenteritis but nowadays seen as a separate entity and thus more often the esophagus is the only part of the gastrointestinal tract that is affected.

Methylation Analysis of Colitis-Associated Colorectal Carcinomas.

Background: Ulcerative colitis is a well-known inflammatory bowel disease. Patients have an increased risk of developing colitis associated carcinoma (CAC). It is important for patient management to be able to distinguish between ulcerative colitis associated carcinoma and sporadic carcinoma (sCRC).

Histopathological Assessment of the Endoscopic Resection Specimen.

Background: Endoscopic resection for early neoplastic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract is nowadays the accepted and feasible method also in non-tertiary reference centers. The main clinical advantage is the preserved quality of life compared to larger surgical procedures.

Summary: Clinical colleagues need to have basic knowledge of factors that may influence the outcome of histopathology.

Morphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia: diagnostic reproducibility, frequency and clinical impact.

Aims: Special histomorphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN) with variable prognostic impact were recently described in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) referred to as non-conventional dysplasia. However, they can also be found in patients without IBD. We aimed to analyse the reproducibility, frequency and prognostic impact of non-conventional colorectal LGIN in patients with and without IBD.