Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (cont.)
Medical Author:
Luigi Santacroce, MD
Coauthor:
Tommaso Losacco, MD
Medical Editor:
Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
Ron Fuerst, MD
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Media type: Photo Media file 2: An endoscopic unit. The operator shows the probe. 
Media type: Photo Media file 3: Large esophageal varices observed at EGDS. 
Media type: Photo Media file 4: Colonoscopy. The photo at the top shows a large vegetating cancer in the caecum (right colon), the photo at the bottom shows a pedunculated polyp in the transverse colon of the same patient. 
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