Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: Applications in Clinical and Translational Science—A Comprehensive Review
Figure 4
Terminal ileum, normal and inflamed colon. (a) In the normal terminal ileum, villi are seen with an even epithelial height and hair-pin like vessels (arrows) in the lamina propria. No extravasation of fluorescein is seen. (b) In normal mucosa, mucin rich goblet cells are assorted perpendicular around a crypt opening (arrows), like a slice of orange. (c) In inflammation in ulcerative colitis, vasculature is enriched, fluorescein extravasates, and a crypt abcess (arrow) can be seen. Edge length is 475 μm.
