gastroendoscopy

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English

Etymology

From gastro- +‎ endoscopy.

Noun

gastroendoscopy (countable and uncountable, plural gastroendoscopies)

  1. gastrointestinal endoscopy
    • 2015 July 24, Myung Joon Chae et al., “A Patient with Duodenal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Laterally Spreading Tumor”, in Clinical Endoscopy, volume 48, →DOI:
      These findings may be related to the manner in which MGC develops, as it is thought to arise as a typical gastric carcinoma at an early stage and produce mucin later. 17 The typical endoscopic findings of early MGC include an elevated lesion resembling a submucosal tumor due to abundant mucin pools in the submucosa. 18 In comparison to early MGC, the DMA described in the current case presented as a laterally spreading tumor at the anti-mesenteric border of the second portion of the duodenum on upper gastroendoscopy.