Endoscopic ultrasonography.
Endosonography is primarily a diagnostic imaging modality, but new therapeutic applications are being developed. Miniprobe technology (ultrasound catheter probes) has led to new clinical applications. The staging of gastrointestinal cancers remains the major accepted indication for endosonography. Other conditions, such as chronic pancreatitis, portal hypertension, and inflammatory bowel diseases, are also being evaluated with endosonographic imaging.
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University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio 44118, USA. axc22@po.cwru.edu
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity