A tiny esophageal cancer diagnosed accurately by magnifying endoscopy and endocytoscopy: Report of a case

Esophagus

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 173-176

  Kumagai, Youichi ^a   Takubo, Kaiyo ^b   Iida, Michio ^a   Yamazaki, Shigeru ^a   Kawano, Tatsuyuki ^c  

^a OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocytoscopy system; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Esophageal cancer; Magnifying endoscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 38849196283     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-007-0127-7     Document Type: Article

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