Art in Endoscopy: “Disrupted Coral at the Great ‘Barrett’ Reef”

Barrett neoplasia visualized in blue light imaging in magnification.

A neoplastic area in a Barrett’s esophagus is seen in the upper right quadrant of this image, in obvious contrast to the normal surrounding mucosa. The neoplastic lesion is clearly demarcated here by blue light imaging in magnification mode, which allows better visualization of mucosal and vascular patterns. The optical chromoscopy technique is provided by the Fujifilm ELUXEO 7000 endoscopy system.

Jeroen de Groof and Jacques Bergman
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

“Art in endoscopy” is an initiative of four gastroenterologists in training that aims to display examples of the incidentally beautiful images that are sometimes encountered in regular endoscopic practice.