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Intraoperative Gastroscopy for Tumor Localization in Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Adenocarcinoma
Published on: August 9, 2016
Multiple carcinoid tumors of the small intestine preoperatively diagnosed by double-balloon endoscopy
Se-Yong Lee1, Shibuya Tomoyoshi, Keiichi Haga
1Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Background:
Multiple carcinoid tumors of the small intestine are rare and are very difficult to detect preoperatively.
Case Report:
A 75-year-old woman in whom the bleeding focus could not be found by upper and lower endoscopy and abdominal CT was admitted for evaluation of anemia. We examined the patient with total double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) and located multiple submucosal tumors. The multiple carcinoid tumors were resected successfully under laparoscopy.
Conclusions:
We report a case of a successful laparoscopic operation for multiple carcinoid tumors in the small intestine without intraoperative endoscopy. Total digestive tract observation using DBE is very useful for laparoscopic operation for multiple tumors in the small intestine.