While in itself a benign and asymptomatic disorder, the clinical importance of this relatively common condition relates to its role as a precursor lesion to esophageal adenocarcinoma, the ...

and histopathologic examination of excised tumor and biopsy specimens. Diagnosis: Primary malignant esophageal melanoma with submucosal infiltration but no distant metastasis. Management ...

Medially, a small segment of tracheal wall was resected with the lesion. The esophagus was freed with greater ease, and the fistula transected just distal to its origin. A portion of the right ...

ESD is a non-surgical technique performed by specially trained gastroenterologists who use endoscopy to dissect one piece of a superficial mucosal tumor in the esophagus, stomach or colon, leaving ...