1059 endoscopic submucosal dissection for an early cancer at epiglottis

Head and neck carcinoma tends to happen synchronous or metachronous with esophageal carcinoma. Early cancer of pharynx is occasionally found during EGD exam, ESD is a mininally invasive treatment compared to the traditional surgery for it does not change the anatomy of the pharynx. Performing ESD in such a narrow and complicated space require skills.In this case,we finished a ESD at epiglottis sucessfully with no complication. The final pathology result was squamous cell caner(m1). no recurence was found during follow-up.

Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - May 31, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Mengjiang He, Xu meidong, Tao Chen, Yi-Qun Zhang Tags: Oral abstract Source Type: research