Catalog
Barrett epithelium
Link to WHO Definition
Barrett epithelium – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/609342259
Barrett epithelium is defined as those having circumferential columnar metaplasia of oesophagus from the esophago-gastric junction. Recently, from the view of adeno-carcinogenesis of the oesophagus, the term of Barrett epithelium require the histological confirmation of specialized intestinal metaplasia.