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A 67-year-old Japanese man with alcoholic cirrhosis underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), which revealed a 15-mm elevated lesion on the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). Endoscopic findings suggested that the lesion was an intramucosal cancer present on the esophageal varices. The location of the lesion at EGJ caused difficulties in endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and endoscopic variceal ligation for esophageal varices before esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). Direct varices coagulation treatment was therefore selected during ESD. Coagulation of bared varices with hemostatic forceps after mucosal incision enabled performing ESD without serious bleeding. 2 months afterwards, the patient underwent EGD, with no esophageal varices or carcinoma recurrence. Direct varices coagulation was effective for ESD of Barrett adenocarcinoma with esophageal varices.
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Ueda, C., Yosizaki, T., Katayama, N. et al. Barrett’s adenocarcinoma with esophageal varices successfully treated by endoscopic submucosal dissection with direct varices coagulation. Clin J Gastroenterol 13, 178–181 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-019-01048-9
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