title: [The use of ultrasound in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumors (author's transl)].
abstract: In 19 patients with gastrointestinal tumors the diagnosis was made by ultrasound. 7 patients were examined for further investigation of an abdominal mass; 12 patients, presented with symptoms suggesting malignants, e. g. weight loss, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, and/or anaemia from bloodloss were first investigated by ultrasound. In 5 patients with colon tumors, diagnosed by ultrasound, a resection and anastomosis was possible. 13 cases were found to be inoperable during laparotomy, one patient had an ileocolitis Crohn with stenosis. Ultrasonic examination with real-time scanning technique proved to be a valuable method as a screening procedure for patients with suspected gastrointestinal tumors. During the same procedure local (mesenteric) or liver metastases can be detected. A normal abdominal ultrasonography does not exclude malignant intestinal lesions in any location during the early stage and in the region of cardia and rectum even in the more advanced stage.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ultraschalldiagnostik gastrointestinaler Tumoren.