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Pancreas cystic lesion with surprise findings on confocal laser endomicroscopy

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Post written by Samer El-Dika, MD, FASGE, from Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. This video case involves a 74-year-old woman with a pancreatic tail cyst identified incidentally. Initial imaging and fluid analysis suggested a nonmucinous cyst, but amylase levels hinted at possible duct communication. To better characterize the lesion, we used EUS-guided needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (EUS-nCLE). …

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Eversion of an inverted papilla via EUS-guided rendezvous

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Post written by Rishad Khan, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, Thomas M. Runge, MD, MPH, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Central Ohio VA, Columbus, Ohio, and Samuel Han, MD, MS, the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. A 45-year-old patient with cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis with a prohibitively high surgical risk …

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Transcecal endoscopic appendectomy and endoscopic submucosal dissection with hand-suturing–assisted traction and closure technique

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Post written by Fatih Aslan, MD, from Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. In this case, we performed an endoscopic treatment for a laterally spreading lesion involving the lumen of the appendix with poorly defined borders. The procedure included endoscopic submucosal dissection combined with transcecal endoscopic appendectomy. Hand suturing was used for traction and separate closure of the …

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Different endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques: a tailored approach

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Post written by Shaimaa Elkholy, MD, Mohamed El Sherbiny, MD, and Karim Essam, MD, from the Gastroenterology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive technique used for resection of GI lesions. Our recently published video article in VideoGIE presents a comparative and practical overview of ESD techniques. These include classic, …

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Endoscopic subserosal dissection for early gastric cancer with severe fibrosis attributable to gastric ulcer scar

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Post written by Shunya Takayanagi, MD, from the Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and Department of Medicine and Bergen Research Group for Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (BRAGE), Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. In this case, we attempted endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for an intramucosal carcinoma on the lesser curvature of the gastric angle …

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Hybrid endoscopic resection combining underwater endoscopic mucosal resection and over-the-scope clip–assisted snare polypectomy for a recurrent colonic tumor with a hidden diverticulum

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Post written by Takahiro Muramatsu, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, and Tomoaki Tashima, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan. An 80-year-old man underwent piecemeal EMR for a lesion that extended …

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GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE to honor top reviewers at DDW

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Top reviewers for GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE will be recognized at the annual Editors’ Reception on May 5 during Digestive Disease Week in San Diego, California, USA. These 60 reviewers are being honored for their outstanding contributions to the journals through completing numerous high-quality reviews. They are thanked for their invaluable service to the peer-review process. The 2025 …

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Endoscopic diverticulectomy and myotomy for epiphrenic diverticulum

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Post written by Fatih Aslan, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology and Advanced Endoscopy, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. This case involved a 53-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia, chest pain, cough, and vomiting. Diagnostic evaluation revealed a 9-cm epiphrenic diverticulum along with an underlying esophageal motility disorder. We successfully treated this rare and complex condition through …

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EUS-guided intervention in surgically altered anatomy to remove large biliary stone

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Post written by Azimudin Haja, MD, DM, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, DM, and Sundeep Lakhtakia, MD, DM, from AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India. Our case highlights the challenges faced in managing a patient with complex clinical problems several years after major surgery. The index patient who underwent curative pancreatoduodenectomy surgery 13 years ago for periampullary cancer presented with cholangitis because of a large …

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Duodenoscopy-assisted diagnosis and management of a duodenal varix

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Post written by Kar Wai Lau, MBBCh, BAO (Hon), MD, FRCP, from the Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. This is a case of a patient who presented with significant upper GI bleeding with hemodynamic compromise. She had a history of alcohol excess, and there was suspicion of variceal …

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