1950年Barrett氏首次报道Barrett食管(BE),嗣后对该病的研究经历了一个较长时期的争论,尤其是在对BE概念的认识上。既往定义发生在食管的肠腺化生(IM)所形成的柱形衬套(CL)≥3cm者称为BE。可是1983年Spechler等发现在 Barrett’s esophagus (BE) was first reported by Barrett’s in 1950, and subsequent research on the disease underwent a longer period of controversy, especially in the field of BE concepts. Previously defined as gastrointestinal metaplasia (IM) in the formation of the cylindrical liner (CL) ≥ 3cm were called BE. But in 1983 Spechler found that