[Diagnostic approach in tumor patients with non-specific upper abdominal complaints].
The authors demonstrate on the basis of several observations of perigastric space-occupying growths in malignoma patients that x-ray examination of the stomach via mucosa and double-contrast imaging yields results of greatest diagnostic value in non-specific upper abdominal complaints. Supplementary diagnostic tools--but by no means competing methods--are often supplied by computed tomography and sonography. In case of extensive infiltration of the gastric wall, gastroscopy is indicated as an additional means to obtain confirmation by biopsy.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Diagnostisches Vorgehen bei Tumorpatienten mit uncharakteristischen Oberbauchbeschwerden.