ESOPHAGUS: BARRETT´S ESOPHAGUS

Intestinal metaplasia adjacent to squamos epitellium of esophagus

HISTOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF BARRETT ESOPHAGUS:
-Metaplastic columnar epithelium (specialized) with globet cells  adjacent to squamos epithelium of esophagus
.Long-segment: Barrett's mucosa extends 3 cm or more. Short-segment: Barrett's mucosa extends less than 3 cm