A 72-year-old man presented to our gastroenterology outpatient clinic with chronic abdominal pain, bloating, and past episodes of transient small-bowel obstruction. A computed tomography (CT) enterogram revealed a large, pedunculated subepithelial polyp in the distal ileum (●" Fig.1). A decision was made to proceed to endoscopic treatment of the polyp because of its dimensions and the obstructi...

a middle age woman was hospitalized for investigation of a mobile filling defect in the stomach with exacerbation of 3-year gastric symptoms. gastroscopy revealed a huge pedunculated polyp. histologic report of the mass was gastric antral lipoma. since the patient refused surgery, cauterization polypectomy was performed without any complication.

Endoscopic loop ligation has been shown to be successful in the removal of a variety of large mucosal and submucosal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, such as lipomas, leiomyomas, lymphangiomas, carcinoid tumors, and Brunner’s adenomas [1–4]. However, immediate release of the endoscopic loop after ligation of the tumor may fail to eradicate the lesion in one session [1,2]. We therefore eval...

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A 49-year-old man was referred for colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test. Laboratory tests and physical examination were unremarkable but colonoscopy revealed a large pedunculated polyp in the sigmoid colon (●" Fig.1). Owing to inadequate bowel cleansing, polypectomy was not carried out. On repeat colonoscopy 120 days later, bowel cleansing was excellent. The examination was perf...

We describe the M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings of a floating thrombus in the left atrium. Though the features resembled those of pedunculated left atrial myxoma, two-dimensional echocardiography was helpful in differentiating between thrombus and myxoma in the left atrium.