Strekalovsky V.P., Khankin S.L., Kapuller L.L. Endomicroscopic characteristics of the surface epithelium in patients with colon tumors // Issues of oncology, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, 1988, pp. 46-50.
The use of the technique of coloring the mucous membrane and colonomicroscopy with a large increase (170 times) in 127 patients aged 26 to 75 years with colon tumors and without macroscopic changes made it possible to identify 3 main types of cellular organization of the epithelium. These studies also showed that these types of epithelial structures are located in the form of fields of various areas and configurations. In most observations, their various combinations are noted. A relationship has been established between the types of cellular organization of the epithelium and the morphological structure of the most common neoplasms of the colon.