The latest edition of the TNM classification of tumors reflects advances in radiologic imaging such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and endosonography. These modalities have increased the significance of clinical staging by enabling staging to be performed earlier. Thus, therapeutic decisions can be made before rather than during surgery. This review highlights important cha...

INTRODUCTION Pancreatic solid tumour diagnoses remain a challenge for modern medicine. However, using endosonography together with elastography helps to examine the elasticity of tissues and therefore may allow definition of the nature of pancreatic tumours. AIM To evaluate the usefulness of elastography with the strain ratio method and quantitative evaluation of pancreatic solid tumours. M...

Inflammatory fibroid polyps are very rare gastrointestinal tumors. We present the case of a 66-year-old woman with severe anemia and giant gastric polyp which had intermittent duodenal intussusception. Ultrasonography showed increased wall thickness suspected an ampulloma, as revealed also by endoscopy computed tomography. reassessment later intragastric mass, was confirmed endosonography: pedi...

Objectives: To report a case of a primary carcinoma arising in a vesical diverticulum. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 59-year-old male patient presented with painless macrohematuria. A primary carcinoma arising in a vesical diverticulum was detected with cystoscopy and confi rmed with rectal endosonography and computer tomography. and radical cystoprostatovesiculectomy with ileal con...

OBJECTIVE To describe the effect of vaginal delivery with no clinically recognized sphincter tear on endosonographic anal sphincter morphology and sphincter pressure and to relate endosonographic results to anal sphincter pressure and anal incontinence score. STUDY DESIGN Thirty-two nullipara underwent anal endosonography and anal manometry in the third trimester of pregnancy, 2 weeks and 6 m...