Barrett's esophagus is a type of columnar metaplasia. Researchers are not ... your provider may recommend regular monitoring with endoscopy due to the risk of the tissues becoming cancerous.

The squamo-columnar junction or Z-line ... revealed inflammatory changes and intestinal metaplasia, confirming the diagnosis of BE. Repeat endoscopy after 8 weeks of PPI therapy showed healing ...

Barrett's esophagus is an acquired metaplastic abnormality in which the normal stratified squamous epithelium lining of the esophagus is replaced by an intestinal-like columnar epithelium.