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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amresh Kumar MD [2]
Overview
Barrett's esophagus was first discovered by Dr. Norman Barrett, a Australian-born British surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital, in 1957.[1]
Historical Perspective
Norman Barrett, in 1950, defined the esophagus as, ‘that part of the fore-gut, distal to the cricopharyngeal sphincter, which is lined by squamous epithelium’. It is ironic, then, that columnar metaplasia of the esophagus is referred to as Barrett’s esophagus (BE). Tileston, however, was the first to describe columnar metaplasia of the esophagus in 1906, as ‘peptic ulcer of the esophagus’.
References
- ↑ Barrett N (1957). "The lower esophagus lined by columnar epithelium". Surgery. 41 (6): 881–94. PMID 13442856.