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Fig. 2 (a) Microscopic appearance showing esophageal stratified squamous epi-
thelium (horizontal arrow on right side), gastric metaplasia (double arrows in
middle), and intestinal metaplasia (vertical arrow on left side). (b) Higher magni-
fication showing the mixing of intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells (blue arrow)
and cells with low-grade dysplasia having mitotic figure (yellow arrow). (c)
Microscopic appearance showing the Barrett metaplasia (intestinal metaplasia)
and the underlying adenocarcinoma

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