Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of suspected upper gastrointestinal submucosal tumours
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Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography in the preoperative diagnosis of submucosal digestive tumours.
INTRODUCTION The preoperative diagnosis of submucosal lesions in the gut may be complicated. Conventional endoscopy does not allow to clearly establishing a diagnosis, and does not adequately assess lesion size. Furthermore, endoscopic biopsy is usually not diagnostic. Cytology as performed by means of fine-needle puncture does not have enough sensitivity and specificity to be considered the go...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02002.x