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Salvatori F, Siciliano S, Maione F, et al. Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2012;2012:525098doi: 10.1155/2012/525098.
Salvatori, F., Siciliano, S., Maione, F., Esposito, D., Masone, S., Persico, M., & De Palma, G. D. (2012). Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review. Gastroenterology research and practice, 2012525098. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/525098
Salvatori, Francesca, et al. "Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review." Gastroenterology research and practice vol. 2012 (2012): 525098. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/525098
Salvatori F, Siciliano S, Maione F, Esposito D, Masone S, Persico M, De Palma GD. Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Study of Colonic Mucosa in IBD Patients: A Review. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2012;2012:525098. doi: 10.1155/2012/525098. Epub 2012 Mar 05. PMID: 22474440; PMCID: PMC3303710.
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Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2012;2012:525098. doi: 10.1155/2012/525098. Epub 2012 Mar 05.

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

Gastroenterology research and practice

Francesca Salvatori, Saverio Siciliano, Francesco Maione, Dario Esposito, Stefania Masone, Marcello Persico, Giovanni D De Palma

Affiliations

  1. Department of General Surgery Geriatrics Oncology and Advanced Technology, Center of Excellence for Technical Innovation in Surgery (ITC), Section of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.

PMID: 22474440 PMCID: PMC3303710 DOI: 10.1155/2012/525098

Abstract

Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is one of several novel methods that provide real-time, high-resolution imaging at a micronscale via endoscopes. CLE and related technologies are often termed "virtual biopsy" as they simulate the images seen in traditional histology. Recently, the use of CLE was reported in the study of colonic mucosa in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and in particular in patients affected by ulcerative colitis. CLE has the potential to have an important role in management of IBD patients as it can be used to assess the grading of colitis and in detection of microscopic colitis in endoscopically silent segments. Moreover, CLE can be used in surveillance programs especially in high-risk patients. This report aims to evaluate the current data on the application of confocal endomicroscopy in clinical gastroenterology and particularly in the study of colonic mucosa in UC patients.

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