Acetic acid spray enhances accuracy of NBI for endoscopic characterization of early gastric cancer

What is it about?

Gastric cancer in the early stages appears as a flat, slightly depressed, or gastritis-like lesion, which is commonly misdiagnosed as erosion or superficial inflammation. Narrow-band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopy is widely used for the evaluation of such small gastric lesions with high accuracy, based on abnormal microvascular patterns and irregularities in the superficial glandular structures of early gastric cancer.

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Why is it important?

In this video GIE a novel standardized NBI magnifying classification for early gastric cancer is described after acetic acid chromoendoscopy. An interesting video is described.