Dilemmas in Endoscopic Management of Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Case-Based Discussion by Brian P. Rajca, Mihir S. Wagh

“…In this case-based discussion we present management dilemmas, analyze current guidelines, and highlight the role of endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic resection, and surgery.…”
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Radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Benign Disease by D. O. Kavanagh, C. O'Riain, P. F. Ridgway, P. Neary, T. C. Crotty, J. G. Geoghegan, O. Traynor

“…Accurate preoperative histological diagnosis may have allowed a less radical operation to be performed. Endoscopic ultrasound–guided fine needle aspirate (EUS-FNA) may reduce the need for Whipple's operation in benign pancreaticobiliary disease in the future.…”
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Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Presenting with Biliary Obstruction by Alan Coss, Chen Zhou, Michael F Byrne, Alan A Weiss

“…Confirmation of pancreatic infiltration with myeloma cells was performed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. Biliary stenting was performed at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. …”
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Gallbladder Agenesis with Refractory Choledocholithiasis by Jamie Tjaden, Kevin Patel, Aziz Aadam

“…Bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase were found to be markedly elevated. Upper endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) revealed choledocholithiasis, and the patient required multiple endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) sessions before successful extraction of all stones. …”
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Duodenal Pyloric Gland Adenoma in a 59-Year-Old Asian Male by Mia Manabat, Matthew Jackson, Kha Ngo, Laurence Stawick

“…This case report describes a 59-year-old male who presented to our office for a follow-up of a nonspecific duodenal lesion. Endoscopic ultrasound and pathology revealed a PGA with low grade dysplasia and some areas of focal high grade dysplasia. …”
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Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasonography: Intratumoral Injection for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by Lawrence A. Shirley, Laura K. Aguilar, Estuardo Aguilar-Cordova, Mark Bloomston, Jon P. Walker

“…Here, we describe the technique of using endoscopic ultrasound in order to directly inject both novel and conventional therapies into pancreatic tumors. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension by Said A. Al-Busafi, Peter Ghali, Philip Wong, Marc Deschenes

“…With the expected future refinements in endoscopic technology, capsule endoscopy may one day replace traditional gastroscopy as a diagnostic modality, whereas endoscopic ultrasound may more precisely guide interventional therapy for gastric varices.…”
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Esophageal Leiomyomatosis – An Unusual Cause of Pseudoachalasia by Sukanta Ray, Sundeep Singh Saluja, Ruchika Gupta, Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyay

“…A computed tomography scan revealed circumferential thickening of the esophagus involving the gastroesophageal junction, with fat planes maintained with the adjacent structure. Endoscopic ultrasound demonstrated a lesion arising from the muscularis propria. …”
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Pancreatic Myeloid Sarcoma Causing Obstructive Jaundice: A Case Report and Literature Review by Laura E. Lavette, Angela G. Niehaus, Clancy J. Clark, Jason D. Conway, Girish Mishra, Darius A. Jahann

“…This is a case of a 70-year-old male with symptomatic obstructive jaundice secondary to pancreatic MS, ultimately requiring endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for diagnosis and management. …”
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Multimodality Imaging Evaluation of an Uncommon Entity: Esophageal Heterotopic Pancreas by Takman Mack, Debra Lowry, Peter Carbone, Brian Barbick, Joshua Kindelan, Robert Marks

“…The patient underwent computed tomography (CT), fluoroscopic upper gastrointestinal (GI) evaluation, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and positron emission tomography (PET) evaluation, revealing the presence of a heterogeneous esophageal mass. …”
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Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Diagnostic Complexity and Management Pitfalls by Charalampos G. Markakis, Eleftherios D. Spartalis, Emmanouil Liarmakopoulos, Evangelia G. Kavoura, Periklis Tomos

“…A chest computed tomographic scan and endoscopic ultrasound revealed a submucosal esophageal tumor measuring 5 cm in its largest diameter. …”
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Cap-Assisted Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of an Incidental Rectal Traumatic Neuroma by Elias Estifan, Varun Patel, Matthew Grossman

“…We present a 50-year-old female who underwent an initial colonoscopy for change in bowel habits and was found to have a 7 mm submucosal lesion in the proximal rectum. Endoscopic ultrasound was done which showed a hypoechoic lesion in the submucosal plane without muscularis propria invasion. …”
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Endoscopic Closure for EUS and ERCP Related Duodenal Perforation by Endoclips by Yaping Liu, Dong Wang, Zhaoshen Li

“…To investigate the therapeutic safety, feasibility, and efficacy of endoclips for closing the endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) related duodenal perforation in a retrospective study from a single center. …”
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A Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Pancreatic Involvement by Rajesh Essrani, Matthew J. Sullivan, Hiral Shah

“…She subsequently underwent endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the pancreatic mass. …”
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A Rare Presentation of Pancreatic Lymphoepithelial Cyst: A Case Report and Review by Grace E. Kim, Fariha Ramay, Stephanie Richards, Peter E. Darwin

“…CT scan showed an increased mass in the pancreatic head, and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) revealed “rare fragments of benign-appearing squamous epithelium in a background of keratin debris, cyst contents, and scattered lymphocytes,” consistent with a lymphoepithelial cyst. …”
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Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumour Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Christos Petrides, Kyriakos Neofytou, Aamir Z. Khan

“…CT scan demonstrated a mass at the head of the pancreas measuring 4.2 cm in maximum diameter. An endoscopic ultrasound showed an ulcerating malignant looking mass infiltrating 50% of the wall of the second part of the duodenum in the region of the ampulla. …”
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms Are Rare, Indolent Pancreatic Tumors in Young Women by Amin Dalili, Mohsen Aliakbarian, Mehdi Karimi-Shahri, Alireza Samadi, Sara Raji

“…Following that, CT scans and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) manifested a 9×7.5 cm-sized hypodense mass with heterogeneous well-defined margins in the pancreas suggesting the diagnosis of SPN. …”
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EUS-FNA for a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in a Four-Year-Old Daughter of a Woman Exposed to Radiation at Chernobyl by Jesse Lachter, Marc S. Arkovitz, Sergey Postovski, Julian M. Waldner, Ron Shaoul, Offir Ben Ishay, Yoram Kluger

“…Herein is reported the case of a four-year-old girl whose mother was exposed to radiation at Chernobyl that presented with obstructive jaundice and a mass suspected on CT and diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA). …”
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Benign biliary stricture caused by transduodenal lumen-apposing metal stent placement for pancreatic acute necrotic collection by Shuhei Shintani, Takuya Okamoto, Kosuke Hiroe, Hidenori Kimura, Hiroto Inoue, Atsushi Nishida, Osamu Inatomi

“…No improvements were observed despite one week of antimicrobial therapy. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage via the superior duodenal angle was conducted and a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) was placed. …”
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Young Male Patients: Three Case Reports by Akira Aso, Eikichi Ihara, Kazuhiko Nakamura, Irina Sudovykh, Tetsuhide Ito, Masafumi Nakamura, Tetsuo Ikeda, Nobuyoshi Takizawa, Yoshinao Oda, Shuji Shimizu

“…We herein present three cases of young male patients with relatively small SPNs. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed well-encapsulated, smooth-surfaced, heterogeneous solid lesions in all patients, and all preoperative diagnoses were achieved by EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). …”
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