Art in Endoscopy: “An icon in a colon”

Edvard Munch’s 1893 picture “The Scream” is an omnipresent cultural icon – even in the colon! It can be clearly seen in this post-resection image of the hepatic flexure after snare removal of a flat polyp.

Michael Häfner, Vienna, Austria

Fig. 1 Hepatic flexure of the colon after snare resection of a flat polyp, following submucosal injection with saline and indigo carmine.

Publication History

Article published online:
24 November 2021