Abstract:Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a common gastric lesion that is considered premalignant. Our study aims to determine the relationship between normal white light endoscopy and histopathological IM diagnoses. This retrospective study evaluated the endoscopic prevalence and histopathological confirmation rate in 229 suspected IM patients among 3247 patients who underwent elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy between October 2016 and May 2020. All endoscopic processes were performed by the same clinical endoscopist. W… Show more
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