Peroral endoscopic tumor resection of recurrent hypopharyngeal fibrovascular polyp

Post written by Yohei Nishikawa, MD, PhD, from Digestive Diseases Center, Showa Medical University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. We present a case of a 56-year-old woman with a recurrent fibrovascular polyp (FVP) in the hypopharynx. She previously underwent an incomplete resection, and the residual tumor continued to grow, leading to progressive dysphagia. We performed …

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Endoscopic resection of a giant fibrovascular esophageal polyp by use of a scissor-type knife

Post written by Kenji Yamazaki, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan. We described a case of a giant fibrovascular esophageal polyp endoscopically resected by use of a scissor-type knife. Fibrovascular esophageal polyps are rare, and most of these are enormous and arise from the cricopharynx or upper …

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