Endoscopy 2001; 33(5): 471
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-14270
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Endosonography Probe-Guided Endoscopic Resection of Small Flat Rectal Carcinoid Tumor Using Band Ligation Technique

K. Akahoshi 1 , T. Fujimaru 1 , K. Nakanishi 2 , N. Harada 3 , H. Nawata 3
  • 1 Dept. of Gastroenterology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan
  • 2 Dept. of Pathology, Aso Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan
  • 3 Third Dept. of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Further Information

K. Akahoshi,M.D., Ph.D. 

Dept. of Gastroenterology
Aso Iizuka Hospital

3-83 Yoshio
Iizuka 820-8505
Japan

Fax: Fax:+ 81-948-298747

Email: Email:akahoshi-kh1@aso-group.co.jp

Publication History

Publication Date:
31 December 2001 (online)

Table of Contents
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    Figure 1Colonoscopy on a 42-year-old woman revealed a small rectal submucosal nodule.

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    Figure 2Subsequent endosonography using a 12-MHz ultrasound miniprobe (SP-701; Fujinon, Omiya, Japan) demonstrated a hypoechoic solid tumor (arrow) in the superficial submucosa (sm).

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    Figure 3The tumor was treated by endosonography probe-guided endoscopic resection using band ligation, by means of a gastroduodenoscope with an attached single-band ligator (Sumitomo Bakelite; Tokyo, Japan), and 5 ml of epinephrine-supplemented glycerin solution (gly) was injected underneath the lesion. Endosonography confirmed separation of the tumor from underlying muscle layer.

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    Figure 4The lesion was aspirated into the ligator and the band was deployed, creating a bulging polyp. A snare polypectomy was performed below the band. Histological examination confirmed that the carcinoid tumor had been completely excised.

    K. Akahoshi,M.D., Ph.D. 

    Dept. of Gastroenterology
    Aso Iizuka Hospital

    3-83 Yoshio
    Iizuka 820-8505
    Japan

    Fax: Fax:+ 81-948-298747

    Email: Email:akahoshi-kh1@aso-group.co.jp

    K. Akahoshi,M.D., Ph.D. 

    Dept. of Gastroenterology
    Aso Iizuka Hospital

    3-83 Yoshio
    Iizuka 820-8505
    Japan

    Fax: Fax:+ 81-948-298747

    Email: Email:akahoshi-kh1@aso-group.co.jp

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    Figure 1Colonoscopy on a 42-year-old woman revealed a small rectal submucosal nodule.

    Zoom Image

    Figure 2Subsequent endosonography using a 12-MHz ultrasound miniprobe (SP-701; Fujinon, Omiya, Japan) demonstrated a hypoechoic solid tumor (arrow) in the superficial submucosa (sm).

    Zoom Image

    Figure 3The tumor was treated by endosonography probe-guided endoscopic resection using band ligation, by means of a gastroduodenoscope with an attached single-band ligator (Sumitomo Bakelite; Tokyo, Japan), and 5 ml of epinephrine-supplemented glycerin solution (gly) was injected underneath the lesion. Endosonography confirmed separation of the tumor from underlying muscle layer.

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    Figure 4The lesion was aspirated into the ligator and the band was deployed, creating a bulging polyp. A snare polypectomy was performed below the band. Histological examination confirmed that the carcinoid tumor had been completely excised.