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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Dec 16, 2014; 6(12): 630-634
Published online Dec 16, 2014. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v6.i12.630
Endoscopic therapy for esophageal hematoma with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Mika Takasumi, Takuto Hikichi, Tadayuki Takagi, Masaki Sato, Rei Suzuki, Ko Watanabe, Jun Nakamura, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Yuichi Waragai, Hitomi Kikuchi, Naoki Konno, Hiroshi Watanabe, Katsutoshi Obara, Hiromasa Ohira
Mika Takasumi, Tadayuki Takagi, Masaki Sato, Rei Suzuki, Jun Nakamura, Mitsuru Sugimoto, Yuichi Waragai, Hitomi Kikuchi, Naoki Konno, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiromasa Ohira, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Takuto Hikichi, Ko Watanabe, Katsutoshi Obara, Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
Author contributions: Sato M and Watanabe K managed the patients; Takagi T and Watanabe K performed the endoscopic examination; Suzuki R, Nakamura J, Sugimoto M, Waragai Y, Kikuchi H and Konno N provided clinical advice; Takasumi M and Hikichi T collected the data and wrote the paper; Hikichi T revised the paper; Obara K, Watanabe H and Ohira H supervised the report; all authors approved the final manuscript for publication.
Correspondence to: Takuto Hikichi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. takuto@fmu.ac.jp
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Received: August 9, 2014
Revised: October 8, 2014
Accepted: October 28, 2014
Published online: December 16, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: A patient with a large hemorrhagic esophageal hematoma complicated with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome was treated using endoscopic injection with polidocanol and incision with an injection needle. The hematoma was then treated with argon plasma coagulation.