Figure 3. Layers of the stomach, as depicted by Olympus radial scanner. Gastric submucosal lesions. Submucosal lesions are one of the primary indications for EUS. This preoperative evaluative ...

Applications of bronchoscopic needle aspiration have expanded to include not only sampling of paratracheal or mediastinal lymph nodes, but peripheral, submucosal, and endobronchial lesions.

The submucosal layer consists of a highly cellular stroma of spindle cells with elongated nuclei similar to the “ovarian stroma” which is a key pathologic feature distinguishing these lesions.

EMR, the standard approach for large, non-pedunculated polyps, utilizes submucosal injection to create ... for patients with ...

Endoscopic submucosal dissection or ESD is an advanced endoscopic procedure that allows for the complete removal of early tumors and cancers of the esophagus, stomach and rectum. In 2015, trained ...