Efficacy and safety of cold forceps biopsy for diminutive pharyngeal neoplasms: Single-center, prospective pilot study.
Yuichi ShimodateJunya ItakuraTomohiko SunamiMasayuki UenoSho IshikawaDaichi HiraHiroshi TakayamaTomoki SumiyaMasahiko SueRio TakezawaAkira DoiNaoyuki NishimuraHirokazu MouriKazuhiro MatsuedaHiroshi YamamotoMotowo MizunoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)
Cold forceps biopsy with jumbo biopsy forceps appears to be a safe and effective technique for excising diminutive pharyngeal neoplasms. Although small, the excised lesions may have a remarkably high frequency of high-grade dysplasia. (Clinical trial registration number: UMIN000037980).