Reasons for Diagnostic Failure in Forty-Five Consecutive Mucosal Cutting Biopsy Examinations of Gastric Subepithelial Tumors

• Main Authors: Yoshiko Nakano (Author), Toshitatsu Takao (Author), Yoshinori Morita (Author), Shinwa Tanaka (Author), Takashi Toyonaga (Author), Eiji Umegaki (Author), Yuzo Kodama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Mucosal cutting biopsy (MCB) is useful for the histopathological diagnosis of gastric subepithelial tumors (SETs). However, there is little information on cases in which MCB did not establish a diagnosis. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the characteristics of cases in...