Transgastric biopsy of a submucosal gastric tumour

Endoscopic biopsy is thought to be the best method to obtain biopsy samples of the gastrointestinal tract. In our case, however, an endoscopic forceps biopsy failed to confirm malignancy of an intramural gastric tumour. Since the tumour, about 4 cm in diameter, was well delineated on the CT scan, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kettenbach, Joachim, Mittendorfer, Martin, Wimmer, Irina, Mader, Marcus, Taubenschuss, Eva, Unfried, Eva, Heinz, Gertrud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30460033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20160009
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Sumario:Endoscopic biopsy is thought to be the best method to obtain biopsy samples of the gastrointestinal tract. In our case, however, an endoscopic forceps biopsy failed to confirm malignancy of an intramural gastric tumour. Since the tumour, about 4 cm in diameter, was well delineated on the CT scan, the patient was referred for a percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsy, which confirmed a gastrointestinal stromal tumour.

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