Utilization of methylene blue–based submucosal injection to identify residual neuroendocrine tumor in the colon after endoscopic biopsy sampling

Post written by Weina Jing, MD, and Kai Deng, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. This study provides a new way to find small residual neuroendocrine tumors. Submucosal staining assisted in the identification of minor lesions in the lamina propria of the mucosa. Neuroendocrine tumors of …

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pCLE and solitary rectal ulcer syndrome

Post written by Yunlu Feng, MD,  and Aiming Yang, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, in Beijing, China Our article reported a 34-year-old male Chinese patient who presented with feeling of incomplete defecation and abdominal pain for more than 10 years. Colonoscopy showed a single rectal ulcer. Magnetic resonance imagine showed localized rectal …

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