INTESTINE Vol.4 No.2(2-1)

Theme Pathological evalution of submucosal invasive colorectal cancer
Title The judgment way of the muscularis mucosae and the histological diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma with submucosal invasion
Publish Date 2000/03
Author Ryo Wada The Department of Pathology, Juntendo Izunagaoka Hospital of Juntendo University School of Medicine
[ Summary ] Although the colonic muscularis mucosae can usually be easily recognized by using Hematoxylin & Eosin (HE) staining, which is used daily in pathological examinations, sometimes it is difficult to detect the muscularis mucosae, due to cellular destruction, for example, when the colorectal carcinoma has invaded the submucosal layer.
In this passage, we describe the morphological characteristics of muscularis mucosae as seen in HE staining and special stainings. We also explained a way of judging and the identifying for muscularis mucosae in the diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma, with submucosal invasion.
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