Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Evaluation of Colon Preneoplastic Lesions, with Particular Attention to the Aberrant Crypt Foci, and Comparative Assessment with Histological Features Obtained by Conventional Endoscopy

<table>(a) Conventional “white-light” endoscopy of an ACF; (b), (d), and (f) pCLE of the lesion showing an enlarged crypt (red arrow, (b)) and normal globet cell density; (c), (e), and (g) hystologic features of the lesion, showing some enlarged crypts, with thickened epithelium with partial lack of stratification, in the presence of mild dysplasia.</table>

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Figure 1: Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Evaluation of Colon Preneoplastic Lesions, with Particular Attention to the Aberrant Crypt Foci, and Comparative Assessment with Histological Features Obtained by Conventional Endoscopy 

Figure 1 | Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Evaluation of Colon Preneoplastic Lesions, with Particular Attention to the Aberrant Crypt Foci, and Comparative Assessment with Histological Features Obtained by Conventional Endoscopy 