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Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a gastric subepithelial tumor
Post written by Shashideep Singhal, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA. An 81-year-old man was complaining of GERD. An EGD showed an incidental gastric body nodule. An EUS revealed a 1.5-cm by 1.4-cm submucosal tumor extending into the muscularis propria. Cytology from FNA showed spindle cells, suggestive …
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Endoscopic treatment of large impacted pancreatic ductal stone
Post written by Hitoshi Shibuya, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. This video is a case of a large main pancreatic duct stone treated endoscopically using digital pancreatoscopy and electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL). Acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis occurred with an impacted stone in …
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Feasibility and efficacy of double over-the-scope clipping for colonic iatrogenic perforation
Post written by Paola Soriani, MD, from the Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL Modena, Ramazzini Hospital, Carpi, Italy. An 89-year-old woman underwent colonoscopy. In a setting of severe diverticular disease, a perforation of 20-25 mm occurred in the sigmoi-rectal juntion. The leakage was completely closed after the deployment of 2 over-the-scope clips, tightly adjacent to …
Cold snare polypectomy for polyp adjacent to colonic diverticulum
Post written by Yoko Kubosawa, MD, and Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, and the Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Research and Development for Minimally Invasive Treatment, Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. We report 2 cases of cold snare polypectomy for polyp …
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Digital cholangioscopic evaluation of a post–liver transplantation stricture
Post written by Shyam Menon, MSc, MD, FRCP, from the Department of Liver Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Post liver transplantation anastomotic strictures can be technically challenging to manage. We describe a patient who presented a few months after liver transplantation with progressively deteriorating liver function tests and an episode …
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EMR with an over-the-scope clip for superficial nonampullary duodenal epithelial tumor with fibrosis
Post written by Tomoaki Tashima, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. A 52-year-old man was found to have a flat-elevated tumor measuring approximately 10 mm in diameter in the second part of the duodenum. First, the border of the target lesion was marked using the tip of …
EUS diagnosis of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Post written by Harry R. Aslanian, MD, from the Section of Digestive Disease, Yale New Haven Medical Center, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. We present a series of cases highlighting the EUS features of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Pancreas neuroendocrine tumors are rare and are less commonly cystic. The recognition and targeting of wall …
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New methods of teaching the axis in ERCP: Can I write my name?
Post written by Ivo Boškoski, MD, PhD, from the Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy, and IHU, Istitut de Chirurgie Guidée par l’Image, Strasbourg, France. This is a unique video case in which we used the Boškoski-Costamagna ERCP trainer, a duodenoscope and a specially designed pen, to write the word ERCP. This video shows to young …
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Flexible endoscopic management of Zenker’s diverticulum
Post written by Kondal Kyanam Kabir Baig, MBBS, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. We described a case of an elderly gentleman with cardiac comorbidities with symptomatic Zenker’s diverticulum and, in particular, a history of undergoing a Heimlich maneuver for choking. We used …
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