Abstract:Submucosal tunneling bloc biopsy for submucosal tumors growing inside the gastric wall is a safe and reliable method. However, it is difficult for an endoscopist to perform submucosal tunneling bloc biopsy and detect the demarcation line between the proper muscular layer and the capsule layer of submucosal tumors growing outside the gastric wall.A submucosal tumor in the lesser curvature of the stomach was identified in a 74-year-old man by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Computed tomography revealed hetero-densit… Show more
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