title: [Endorectal sonography in rectal cancer].
abstract: 35 patients with rectal cancer were examined in a prospective trial by endorectal ultrasound. In 27 patients the sonographic diagnosis of tumour penetration was correct as compared with histologic findings, in 7 patients infiltration depth was overestimated, and in one case underestimated. In 21 resected specimens, examined postoperatively in a water tank with the same equipment, ultrasonic examination was correct in 17; in no case was the infiltration depth underestimated. The different technical approaches in local sonographic staging of rectal cancer are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde der Universitätskliniken Mainz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuntz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heintz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braunstein
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Endorektale Sonographie beim Rektumkarzinom.