Imaging by Magnifying Endoscopy with NBI Implicates the Remnant Capillary Network As an Indication for Endoscopic Resection in Early Colon Cancer
Figure 4
SM cancer with persistent intramucosal lesion. (a) Endoscopic image of protruding-type tumor with a depressed lesion. (b) representative ME-NBI showing marked dilated microcapillary at the protrusion edges on the left side. These congestive vessels form an oval around the gland pits. In contrast, no capillary vessel network remained at depressed lesion. (c) A representative LSM image showing the minimum narrow vessels gathered into a bundle around the gland pits. (d) In the depressed lesion, it was revealed small capillary vessels shaped abrupt caliber change has not left any longer by using LSM.
