title: Diffuse heterotopic submucosal cystic malformation of the stomach: ultrasonographic diagnosis.
abstract: The preoperative diagnosis of diffuse heterotopic submucosal cystic malformation of the stomach is very difficult to make with upper gastrointestinal (GI) series or endoscopy. We report a case of submucosal cysts associated with an early gastric carcinoma in which ultrasonography (US) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) were very useful in the preoperative diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niizawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Masamune
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography