Figure 1
From: Endoscopic mucosal resection with circumferential incision for treatment of rectal carcinoid tumours
Endoscopic mucosal resection with circumferential incision of a rectal carcinoid tumour. (A) Conventional endoscopic view showing a carcinoid tumour in the rectum; (B) Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) image showing the lesion not to invade the muscularis propria layer; (C) Marking dots made around the lesion; (D) Circumferential incision around the dots; (E) Snaring after circumferential incision; (F) Region after endoscopic mucosal resection with circumferential incision; (G) Resected specimen; (H) Histologic view of a rectal carcinoid tumor obtained by endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) (H&E stain; ×40).