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Novel diagnostic procedure
CASE REPORT
Simultaneous endoscopic full-thickness resection of two synchronous colonic granular cell tumours
  1. Philipp Schreiner1,
  2. Piero Valli1,
  3. Ewerton Marques Maggio2,
  4. Peter Bauerfeind1
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  2. 2Division of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to Professor Peter Bauerfeind, peter.bauerfeind{at}usz.ch

Summary

Granular cell tumours (GCTs) are rare soft tissue tumours originating from Schwann cells. Due to potential malignant transformation, complete endoscopic resection should be aimed for. We report on a 49-year-old patient with two synchronous GCTs found in the caecum and the ascending colon, respectively. Synchronous endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) using an all-in-one full-thickness resection device (FTRD) was performed under propofol sedation. Completeness of resection was proven histologically. No adverse events occurred. We report safe and complete simultaneous EFTR of two synchronous colonic GCTs.

  • endoscopy
  • colon cancer

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222223

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    • Contributors PS: planning, conception and design, acquisition of data and interpretation of data. Drafting the article. PV: planning, drafting the article, making critical revisions. EMM: drafting the article, making critical revisions, interpreting the biopsy, creating the biopsy images. PB: planning, drafting the article, making critical revisions.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.