Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia
Background and Aims: Gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia (GIM-D) that is visible as a discrete limited lesion on endoscopy is readily treated using endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection. However, there are few options for more extensive and invisible dysplasia. Ab...
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| author | Spencer Harris, MD, PhD Matt Fasullo, MD George Smallfield, MD, MSPH, MS Tilak Shah, MD, MHS |
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| description | Background and Aims: Gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia (GIM-D) that is visible as a discrete limited lesion on endoscopy is readily treated using endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection. However, there are few options for more extensive and invisible dysplasia. Ablating a wide swath of tissue with argon plasma coagulation or radiofrequency ablation can be challenging and carries risks, including postprocedure ulceration. Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy is an established treatment for dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus, but its use for GIM-D has not been previously reported. Methods: Three patients with intramucosal adenocarcinoma and GIM-D underwent a total of 10 sessions of spray cryotherapy. In all cases, spray cryotherapy was performed after passing an orogastric decompression tube into the stomach for active suctioning. Ablations were performed in cycles of 20 to 40 seconds, with at least 45 seconds between cycles to allow for tissue thawing. Between 2 and 7 ablations were performed during each procedure. Before each procedure, Sydney protocol biopsy specimens were obtained. No patient reported any postprocedure adverse events. Results: The first patient underwent 3 sessions of spray cryotherapy; there was no evidence of GIM-D after 1 session, no evidence of gastric intestinal metaplasia after 3 sessions, and no recurrence after 29 months. The second patient underwent 5 sessions of spray cryotherapy; after 1 session there was no adenocarcinoma, and at 14 months there was only GIM-D. The third patient underwent 2 spray cryotherapy sessions, and after 1 session there was gastric intestinal metaplasia but no GIM-D. Conclusions: Very few treatment modalities exist for extensive GIM-D. We present 3 cases in which off-label spray cryotherapy was used to treat extensive high-grade dysplasia with good treatment effect and patient tolerance. This adds to the body of literature supporting spray cryotherapy as a safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for extensive GIM-D. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53b8593e14ec4914911d18f6cf279d822023-08-05T05:16:27ZengElsevierVideoGIE2468-44812021-05-0165239242Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasiaSpencer Harris, MD, PhD0Matt Fasullo, MD1George Smallfield, MD, MSPH, MS2Tilak Shah, MD, MHS3Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VirginiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VirginiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VirginiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VirginiaBackground and Aims: Gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia (GIM-D) that is visible as a discrete limited lesion on endoscopy is readily treated using endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection. However, there are few options for more extensive and invisible dysplasia. Ablating a wide swath of tissue with argon plasma coagulation or radiofrequency ablation can be challenging and carries risks, including postprocedure ulceration. Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy is an established treatment for dysplasia in Barrett’s esophagus, but its use for GIM-D has not been previously reported. Methods: Three patients with intramucosal adenocarcinoma and GIM-D underwent a total of 10 sessions of spray cryotherapy. In all cases, spray cryotherapy was performed after passing an orogastric decompression tube into the stomach for active suctioning. Ablations were performed in cycles of 20 to 40 seconds, with at least 45 seconds between cycles to allow for tissue thawing. Between 2 and 7 ablations were performed during each procedure. Before each procedure, Sydney protocol biopsy specimens were obtained. No patient reported any postprocedure adverse events. Results: The first patient underwent 3 sessions of spray cryotherapy; there was no evidence of GIM-D after 1 session, no evidence of gastric intestinal metaplasia after 3 sessions, and no recurrence after 29 months. The second patient underwent 5 sessions of spray cryotherapy; after 1 session there was no adenocarcinoma, and at 14 months there was only GIM-D. The third patient underwent 2 spray cryotherapy sessions, and after 1 session there was gastric intestinal metaplasia but no GIM-D. Conclusions: Very few treatment modalities exist for extensive GIM-D. We present 3 cases in which off-label spray cryotherapy was used to treat extensive high-grade dysplasia with good treatment effect and patient tolerance. This adds to the body of literature supporting spray cryotherapy as a safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for extensive GIM-D.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468448121000047 |
| spellingShingle | Spencer Harris, MD, PhD Matt Fasullo, MD George Smallfield, MD, MSPH, MS Tilak Shah, MD, MHS Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia VideoGIE |
| title | Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| title_full | Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| title_fullStr | Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| title_short | Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| title_sort | liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy for intramucosal carcinoma and extensive gastric intestinal metaplasia with dysplasia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468448121000047 |
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