OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of endosonography (followed by surgical staging if endosonography was negative), compared with standard surgical staging alone, in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are otherwise candidates for surgery with curative intent. DESIGN A prospective, international, open-label, randomised controlled study, with...

The accuracy of anal endosonography (AES) in diagnosing the type of anal fistula, according to different authors, is from 25% to 100% and in cases of recurrent fistulas is the lowest.1-4 In spite of underlined difficulties resulting first of all from impossibilities of the differentiation of fistula with scar, this problem has still not been examined exactly. This study presents the own results...

Eighteen patients with a clinical impression of a complex fistula in ano, had anal endosonography to delineate the anatomy of the fistula track and identify associated areas of sepsis. The clinical impression of a complex fistula was refuted by endosonography and subsequent surgical exploration in two cases. Horseshoe tracks were identified in nine (50%) patients and fluid collections, not evid...

Conventional radiologic imaging (abdominal ultrasound, computer tomography) used in the differential diagnosis of post-hepatic jaundice can frequently provide inaccurate diagnosis. Inflammatory lesions may mimic neoplastic processes and malignancy may be accompanied by perifocal inflammation resulting in histological misdiagnosis. Furthermore, chronic and autoimmune pancreatitis are associated ...

Mucinous adenocarcinoma arising in chronic fistula-in-ano is rare, and diagnosing it at an early stage is difficult. The role of endoanal ultrasonography in diagnosing the condition has not been discussed in the study. Herein, we report three cases of mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from anal fistulas in which endosonography played an important role in diagnosing malignant change. Three male pa...

patients with autoimmune pancreatitis show typical signs of hypervascularization in contrast-enhanced high mechanical index endoscopic ultrasound (CEHMI EUS) [1]. Contrast-enhanced low mechanical index endoscopic ultrasound (CELMI EUS) is a newly developed technique that should show a different contrast-enhancing effect. To explore the effect of CEHMI EUS (picture acquisition●" Fig. 1a and 1b) ...

OBJECTIVE The endoanal sonography in female patients with faecal incontinence is sometimes difficult and can lead to diagnostic errors. The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of endovaginal sonography in such cases. MATERIAL AND METHOD Thirty female patients complaining of faecal incontinence are included in the study. Anal endosonography was performed in all of them in a single ambul...