RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58104162
T1 Barrett Esophagus
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58104162
RD 2024/04/24
AB •  Gastroesophageal  reflux  disease  (GERD)•  Metaplastic  changes  from  squamous  to  intestinal-type  columnar  epithelium  in  the  distal  esophagus•  Metaplasia  may  contain  varying  degrees  of  dysplasia,  which  is  associated  with  increasing  risk  of  developing  esophageal  adenocarcinoma•  Neither  medical  nor  surgical  treatment  consistently  causes  regression  of  metaplastic  changes  but  may  prevent  progression