Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection for multiple esophageal leiomyomas

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection for multiple esophageal leiomyomas.

A 61-year-old man presented for treatment of esophageal submucosal tumors (SMTs). The SMTs had been found 1month previously at his local hospital during a health examination. Upon presentation, his physical examination and laboratory tests were unremarkable. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed two protruded lesions in the middle of the esophagus (●" Fig.1; ●" Video1). Endoscopic ultrasono...

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection of a giant esophageal leiomyoma.

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) for removal of small upper gastrointestinal tumors arising from the muscularis propria has been demonstrated to be effective and safe [1, 2]. We demonstrated the submucosal tunneling technique for removal of a 10-cm esophageal leiomyoma, and subsequent management of a large mucosotomy. A 66-year-old woman presented with slowly progressive solid-f...

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection of a gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for endoscopic resection of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the gastric antrum. The submucosal tumor had been previously observed during an esophagastroduodenoscopy, which revealed a protruded lesion in the greater curve of the gastric antrum. The subsequent endoscopic ultrasound showed that the tumor was large (20mm), arose from the mus...

Submucosal Endoscopic Tumor Resection

Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) with full-thickness muscle excision for a recurrent para-aortic esophageal leiomyoma after surgery.

We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with a recurrent esophageal leiomyoma following two surgical resections. The surgical procedures had been performed 23 and 21 years previously. Follow-up showed lesion recurrence in the mid esophagus (▶Fig. 1 and ▶Fig. 2). Submucosal endoscopic tunneling resection (STER) was preferred to surgery because of the previous interventions. A single shot of 2 ...