Endoscopic features of lymphoid follicles in the colonic mucosa using the image enhanced endoscopy and its association with colorectal adenoma

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 5; p. e0286300
• Main Authors: Tahara, Tomomitsu, Takahama, Kazuya, Tahara, Sayumi, Horiguchi, Noriyuki, Funasaka, Kohei, Nakagawa, Yoshihito, Shibata, Tomoyuki, Tsukamoto, Tetsuya, Ieda, Hiro-o, Fukui, Toshiro, Naganuma, Makoto, Ohmiya, Naoki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.05.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adenoma; Adenoma - pathology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biopsy; Cancer; Cecum; Colon; Colonic Polyps - pathology; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy - methods; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal carcinoma; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Complications and side effects; Diagnosis; Disease; Endoscopes; Endoscopy; Erythema; Evaluation; Follicles; Food allergies; Food allergy; Food hypersensitivity; Gender; Humans; Hyperplasia; Hyperplasia - pathology; Hypersensitivity; Image enhancement; Immune response; Inflammation; Intestinal Mucosa - diagnostic imaging; Intestinal Mucosa - pathology; Lasers; Lesions; Light; Lymphocytes; Medical imaging; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mucosa; Nodules; Plasma Cells - pathology; Polyps; Surveillance; Tumors; Japan

Lymphoid follicles hyperplasia (LH) is sometimes observed in the normal colon as small, round, yellowish-white nodules. LH is associated with food hypersensitivity and bowel symptoms and histologically characterized as intense infiltration of lymphocytes or plasmacytes. It is suggested that LH repre...