Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Vessel architecture</td><td align="left">Description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Normal</td><td align="left">Hexagonal, honeycomb appearance that presents a network of capillaries outlining the stroma surrounding the luminal openings of the crypts</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Inflammation-regenerative</td><td align="left"> Preserved hexagonal, honeycomb appearance with a slight increase in the number of capillaries</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Dysplastic</td><td align="left">Dilated and distorted vessels with increased leakage; irregular architecture, with little or no orientation to the adjoining tissue</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Microvascular architecture by e-CLE assessment in ulcerative colitis [<a href="../#B5">7</a>].

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Table 2: Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review 