Curative ablation of a polypoid oesophageal spindle cell carcinoma with argon beam diathermy.
We present the successful management of dysphagia in a 90-year-old woman by argon beam diathermy. Symptoms were caused by a rare polypoid oesophageal spindle cell carcinoma. Long-term symptom relief was achieved and confirmed by post-procedural oesophago-gastroduodenoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound scan.
Department of Gastroenterology, Leicester General Hospital, UK.
Sandeep
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Bajwa
James A D
JA
Stewart
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001128:Argon; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003972:Diathermy / Q000379:methods*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001128:Argon