title: Intrarectal ultrasonography in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer.
abstract: Intrarectal ultrasonography is a new imaging method used in the preoperative staging of rectal cancer. Twenty five patients with proven rectal cancer were submitted to preoperative intrarectal ultrasonography; 24 were resected. Real time scanner with a linear probe of 5 MHz was employed. Five sonographic structures corresponding to the five histological layers were evidenced. Ultrasound T staging was compared to pathology, using UICC classification. In all but two cases pathology corresponded to ultrasound T staging (accuracy 92%). Perirectal nodal involvement was also investigated. It is concluded that intrarectal ultrasonography will play a definite role in the preoperative staging as well as in programming treatment of rectal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di I Clinica Chirurgica, Università La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alessi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Risi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schillaci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stipa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography