Electron Microscopic Changes In Esophageal Epithelium In Reflux Esophagitis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of pathology, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University.

2 Department of surgery, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University.

Abstract

Dilated intercellular spaces are a sign of epithelial damage in acid-perfused rabbit esophagus, a change best identified by transmission electron microscope. The aim of this work was to study the epithelial changes in reflux esophagitis by transmission electron microscopy, and to determine if this change is also a feature of acid damage to human esophagus