Duodenal carcinoid tumor: endosonographic imaging and endoscopic resection

Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Apr;90(4):642-4.

Abstract

A 75-yr-old Japanese woman was shown by endoscopy to have a sessile polyp in the duodenal bulb. Endoscopic biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of carcinoid tumor. The endoscopic ultrasound probe showed a 6-mm hypoechoic tumor that was confined to the submucosal layer; the underlying muscularis propria layer was intact. On the basis of these findings, endoscopic resection was chosen, and the tumor was completely resected by the strip biopsy technique with prior hypertonic saline and epinephrine injection; there were no complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoid Tumor / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / surgery*
  • Duodenal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Duodenal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Duodenoscopy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography