Review Article

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

Figure 2

p-CLE fluorescein sodium 10% imaging examples of crypt types of patients in active ulcerative colitis. (a) crypt fusion and distortion; (b) dilation of crypt openings, with fluorescein leaks into the crypt lumen therefore making the lumen brighter than the surrounding epithelium.
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