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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2016; 22(5): 1869-1876
Published online Feb 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i5.1869
Diagnostic value of high-resolution micro-endoscopy for the classification of colon polyps
Tao Tan, Ya-Wei Qu, Juan Shu, Min-Li Liu, Ling Zhang, Hai-Feng Liu
Tao Tan, Ya-Wei Qu, Juan Shu, Min-Li Liu, Ling Zhang, Hai-Feng Liu, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China
Author contributions: Tan T and Qu YW made equal contributions to this work; Liu HF designed the study; Tan T and Qu YW performed the research; Shu J, Liu ML and Zhang L selected the images and analyzed the data; Tan T wrote the paper.
Supported by Capital Clinical Characteristics Application Research (Z141107002514099).
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the General Hospital of Chinese people’s Armed police Forces Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All Study participants, or their legal guardians, provided informed written consent before study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Hai-Feng Liu, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, No. 69 Yongding Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100039, China. haifengliu333@163.com
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Received: August 13, 2015
Peer-review started: August 17, 2015
First decision: October 14, 2015
Revised: October 19, 2015
Accepted: November 9, 2015
Article in press: November 9, 2015
Published online: February 7, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: High-resolution micro-endoscopy (HRME) is a new imaging method for cytology imaging that can obtain real time pathological diagnosis. In this study, we determined the HRME diagnostic criteria for pathological types of colon polyps. According to the criteria, we performed a prospective study of the diagnostic value of colon polyps using HRME. The results showed that HRME has a relatively high diagnostic value in the pathological classification of colon polyps. This low cost microendoscopic technique might be an alternative to confocal microendoscopy in lower-resource or community-based settings.