Endoscopic features of short-term progression of esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis

J. Tsuboi; M. Tajika; T. Nakamura; H. Kawai; V. Bhatia; R. Takayama; J. Kitamura; Y. Yatabe; S. Hatooka; M. Shinoda; K. Yamao; Y. Ogura

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1243915

Endoscopy 2010; 42: E92-E93
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243915

Unusual cases and technical notes

Endoscopic features of short-term progression of esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis

J. Tsuboi¹ ^, ² , M. Tajika³ , T. Nakamura³ , H. Kawai³ , V. Bhatia⁴ , R. Takayama¹ , J. Kitamura⁵ , Y. Yatabe⁵ , S. Hatooka⁶ , M. Shinoda⁶ , K. Yamao¹ , Y. Ogura²

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
²Department of Gastroenterology, Matsusaka City Hospital, Matsusaka, Japan
³Department of Endoscopy, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
⁴Department of Medical Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
⁵Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnosis, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
⁶Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

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