Gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the jejunum: diagnosis and control of bleeding with electrocoagulation by using double-balloon enteroscopy.
A 43-year-old man presented with gastrointestinal bleeding. A tumor with central ulceration was observed in the jejunum, with the use of a new enteroscopy system called "double-balloon enteroscopy". Bleeding after biopsy sampling of the tumor was controlled endoscopically by using electrocoagulation. Histological findings of the biopsy specimens were consistent with gastrointestinal stromal tumor, and this was surgically resected. Double-balloon enteroscopy was useful for the diagnosis as well as the control of bleeding in this patient.
Nishimura
Makoto
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical School, 329-0498, Tochigi, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Japan.
Yamamoto
Hironori
H
Kita
Hiroto
H
Yano
Tomonori
T
Sunada
Keijiro
K
Miyata
Tomohiko
T
Sugimoto
Takeshi
T
Iino
Satoru
S
Sekine
Yutaka
Y
Iwamoto
Michiko
M
Ohnishi
Nobuki
N
Kuno
Akiko
A
Ohnishi
Hirohide
H
Sakurai
Shinji
S
Ido
Kenichi
K
Sugano
Kentaro
K
D000328:Adult; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male