早期食管癌的确诊和定位比较困难，常规内镜检查也时有漏诊发生。1996年1月至1997年2月我们在常规内镜检查基础上应用色素卢戈氏液进行食管粘膜染色诊断早期食管癌取得满意结果。资料常规镜检中22例病人因发现可疑早期食管癌灶而入选，另20例内镜下诊断为食管炎为排除早期食管 The diagnosis and positioning of early esophageal cancer is difficult, and routine endoscopy has missed diagnosis. From January 1996 to February 1997, we used pigmented Lugol’s solution for esophageal mucosal staining to diagnose early esophageal cancer based on conventional endoscopy. 22 patients underwent routine microscopic examination for inclusion of suspected early esophageal lesions, and another 20 patients with esophagitis diagnosed as endoscopic esophagectomy