Endoscopic resection of giant esophageal leiomyoma

Vivek Kumbhari, MD from the Department of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland, USA presents this video case "Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection of a giant esophageal leiomyoma." A 53-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a 2-month history of progressive dysphagia and chest pain. A chest CT …

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Insulated-tip knife endoscopic resection

Enqiang Linghu, MD from the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China presents this video case "Insulated-tip knife endoscopic resection of a giant pedunculated colon polyp" from the VideoGIE section. Our video introduced a novel but feasible method with insulated-tip (IT) knife to remove a giant pedunculated colon polyp. The polyp, approximately 4cmx 4cm in …

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Endoscopic resection of an ampullary gangliocytic paraganglioma

Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH from Vanderbilt University Medical Center presents this VideoGIE article titled "Endoscopic resection of an ampullary gangliocytic paraganglioma."  This video case depicts endoscopic examination and resection of a subepithelial ampullary lesion, histopathologically identified following resection as a gangliocytic paraganglioma. This case represents an unusual ampullary neoplasm. While most neoplasms resected in the …

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