Open AccessTransgastric biopsy of a submucosal gastric tumour
Author(s) -
Joachim Kettenbach,
M Mittendorfer,
Irina Wimmer,
Markus Mader,
Eva Taubenschuß,
Eva Unfried,
Gertraud Heinz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20160009
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , percutaneous biopsy , malignancy , radiology , forceps , gastrointestinal tract , percutaneous , pathology , surgery
Endoscopic biopsy is thought to be the best method to obtain biopsy samples of the gastrointestinal tract. In our case, however, an endoscopic forceps biopsy failed to confirm malignancy of an intramural gastric tumour. Since the tumour, about 4 cm in diameter, was well delineated on the CT scan, the patient was referred for a percutaneous CT-guided needle biopsy, which confirmed a gastrointestinal stromal tumour.