Tag: Subepithelial tumor

Management of small subepithelial tumors by endoscopic banding without resection and single-incision needle-knife–assisted biopsy sampling: a prospective multicenter study

On By GIEjournalIn GIE, InvestigationsLeave a comment

Post written by Francesc Bas-Cutrina, MD, and Joan B. Gornals, MD, PhD, from the Endoscopy Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) without resection has been described in ablative treatment for Barrett’s esophagus or eradication of esophageal varices. Few …

Continue reading Management of small subepithelial tumors by endoscopic banding without resection and single-incision needle-knife–assisted biopsy sampling: a prospective multicenter study

Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a gastric subepithelial tumor

On By GIEjournalIn Investigations, VideoGIELeave a comment

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 …

Continue reading Endoscopic full-thickness resection of a gastric subepithelial tumor