AIM:To evaluate the therapeutic usefulness and safety of endoscopic resection in patients with gastric ectopic pancreas.METHODS:A total of eight patients with ectopic pancreas were included.All of them underwent endos...AIM:To evaluate the therapeutic usefulness and safety of endoscopic resection in patients with gastric ectopic pancreas.METHODS:A total of eight patients with ectopic pancreas were included.All of them underwent endoscopic ultrasonography before endoscopic resection.Endo-scopic resection was performed by two methods:endo-scopic mucosal resection(EMR)by the injection-and-cut technique or endoscopic mucosal dissection(ESD).RESULTS:We planned to perform EMR in all eight cases but EMR was successful in only four cases.In the other four cases,saline spread into surrounding normal tissues and the lesions becameattened,which made it impossible to remove them by EMR.Inthose four cases,we performed ESD and removed the lesions without any complications.CONCLUSION:If conventional EMR is difficult to remove gastric ectopic pancreas,ESD is a feasible alternative method for successful removal.展开更多
AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS) in patients with elevated carbohydrate antigen(CA) 19-9 levels of obscure origin.METHODS:Patients who had visited Pusan National University Hospital beca...AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS) in patients with elevated carbohydrate antigen(CA) 19-9 levels of obscure origin.METHODS:Patients who had visited Pusan National University Hospital because of elevated serum CA 19-9 levels,between January 2007 and December 2009,were retrospectively enrolled.EUS had been performed on all subjects,in addition to routine blood tests,endoscopy,abdominal computed tomography(CT) and other clinical exams,which had not revealed any abnormal findings suggestive of the origin of the elevated CA 19-9 levels.RESULTS:Of the 17 patients,gallbladder sludge was detected in 16 patients(94.1%) and common bile duct sludge was observed in 3 patients(17.6%).After the administration of ursodeoxycholic acid to 12 of the patients with gallbladder sludge,CA 19-9 levels normalized in 6 of the patients after a median of 4.5 mo.CONCLUSION:EUS is a useful diagnostic method for patients with elevated CA 19-9 levels of obscure origin,even if the reason for abnormal levels of this serum marker cannot be determined through prior examinations,including abdominal CT.展开更多
基金Supported by Pusan National University Research Grant for two years
文摘AIM:To evaluate the therapeutic usefulness and safety of endoscopic resection in patients with gastric ectopic pancreas.METHODS:A total of eight patients with ectopic pancreas were included.All of them underwent endoscopic ultrasonography before endoscopic resection.Endo-scopic resection was performed by two methods:endo-scopic mucosal resection(EMR)by the injection-and-cut technique or endoscopic mucosal dissection(ESD).RESULTS:We planned to perform EMR in all eight cases but EMR was successful in only four cases.In the other four cases,saline spread into surrounding normal tissues and the lesions becameattened,which made it impossible to remove them by EMR.Inthose four cases,we performed ESD and removed the lesions without any complications.CONCLUSION:If conventional EMR is difficult to remove gastric ectopic pancreas,ESD is a feasible alternative method for successful removal.
基金Supported by A grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control,Ministry for Health,Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea,No.0920050Pusan National University Hospital Clinical Research Grant(2012)
文摘AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic ultrasonography(EUS) in patients with elevated carbohydrate antigen(CA) 19-9 levels of obscure origin.METHODS:Patients who had visited Pusan National University Hospital because of elevated serum CA 19-9 levels,between January 2007 and December 2009,were retrospectively enrolled.EUS had been performed on all subjects,in addition to routine blood tests,endoscopy,abdominal computed tomography(CT) and other clinical exams,which had not revealed any abnormal findings suggestive of the origin of the elevated CA 19-9 levels.RESULTS:Of the 17 patients,gallbladder sludge was detected in 16 patients(94.1%) and common bile duct sludge was observed in 3 patients(17.6%).After the administration of ursodeoxycholic acid to 12 of the patients with gallbladder sludge,CA 19-9 levels normalized in 6 of the patients after a median of 4.5 mo.CONCLUSION:EUS is a useful diagnostic method for patients with elevated CA 19-9 levels of obscure origin,even if the reason for abnormal levels of this serum marker cannot be determined through prior examinations,including abdominal CT.
