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  • Title: Differences in laser-induced autofluorescence between adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps and normal colonic mucosa by confocal microscopy.
    Author: Fiarman GS, Nathanson MH, West AB, Deckelbaum LI, Kelly L, Kapadia CR.
    Journal: Dig Dis Sci; 1995 Jun; 40(6):1261-8. PubMed ID: 7781444.
    Abstract:
    Laser-induced autofluorescence has been used to discriminate normal from adenomatous colonic mucosa. However, few studies to date have studied the origin of colonic autofluorescence. Using confocal microscopy (excitation wavelength 488 nm), we have shown that autofluorescence at this wavelength is present predominantly in the lamina propria of normal mucosa but in the epithelium in adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps. The intensity ratio of epithelial cell to lamina propria fluorescence was significantly lower (P < 0.0001) in normal mucosa (0.52 +/- 0.01) compared with either adenomatous (1.6 +/- 0.2) or hyperplastic polyps (1.7 +/- 0.15). However, the ratios were not significantly different between hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps. Thus, confocal microscopy enables the detection of the sites of autofluorescence within colonic mucosa and the quantitation of differences in fluorescence between different tissue types.
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