Colon carcinoma staging by endoscopic ultrasonography miniprobes

Colon carcinoma staging by endoscopic ultrasonography miniprobes

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Due to the increasing use of endoscopic techniques for colon cancer resection, pretreatment locoregional staging may gain critical interest. The use of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) miniprobes in this context has been seldom reported. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of EUS miniprobes for colon cancer staging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty patients with colon c...

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the staging of malignancy

Since first introduced over 20 years ago, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has become established as an important tool in the staging of gastrointestinal malignancies and potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer. This review describes the current roles of EUS in staging these tumours, highlighting interventional roles, current problem areas and future developments.

Clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography with or without fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic carcinoma.

INTRODUCTION The aims of this study was to show the accuracy and clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) with EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer not obvious in computed tomographic (CT) scan abdomen imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five male patients were evaluated; 4 presented with obstructive jaundice and 1 had unexplained...

Retroperitoneal neurogenic tumor diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography.

Therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasonography

1 Department of Surgery, University of Sao Paulo, Rua Guimaraes Passos 260, Vila Mariana, 04107-030 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 2 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, 232 Boulevard Sainte Marguerite, 13273 Marseille Cedex 9, France 3 Endoscopy Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 36 Sanhao Street, Shenyang, China 4 Endoscopy Unit, Gastroenterology D...