Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis, staging, and management of gastrointestinal and adjacent malignancies.
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a superior modality for local staging of gastrointestinal cancer. In interventional endosonography linear array echoendoscopes permit real-time EUS-guided puncture of target lesions for cytologic evaluation of such lesions. This article describes the basic principles of EUS, established indications pertaining to gastrointestinal cancer and other malignancies, and emerging indications for this minimally invasive technology.
Tamerisa
Radha
R
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Route 0764, Galveston, TX 77555-0764, USA.
Irisawa
Atsushi
A
Bhutani
Manoop S
MS
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging