Underwater cold forceps polypectomy for an adenoma within a cecal diverticulum

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Sho Sasaki (Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Yamaguchi Hospital) ;
Jun Nishikawa (Faculty of Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine) ;
Isao Sakaida (Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine)

We express our gratitude to Dr. Shuji Wasaki (Wasaki Clinic, Tsuwano, Japan) for his careful endoscopy and detection of the lesion.

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