Endoscopic submucosal resection of a rectal carcinoid tumor by cap aspiration - Snare resection method
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2006
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We report a 55-year-old man with a white plaque-like lesion 4 mm in diameter located in the rectum on colonoscopic examination. Biopsy specimens showed carcinoid tumor. Endoscopic submucosal resection (ESMR) of the lesion was successfully performed by using cap aspiration-snare resection method.
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Carcinoid Tumor , Humans , Ligation , Male , Middle Aged , Proctoscopy , Rectal Neoplasms , abdominal radiography , adult , article , aspiration , cancer surgery , cap aspiration snare resection method , carcinoid , case report , clinical feature , diagnostic imaging , echography , endoscopic submucosal dissection , histopathology , human , human tissue , image analysis , male , rectum tumor , symptom , tumor biopsy , tumor volume , carcinoid , instrumentation , ligation , methodology , middle aged , rectoscopy , rectum tumor