title: [Ultrasonic endoscopy].
abstract: Ultrasonic endoscopy or endosonography is a diagnostic tool that currently becomes one of the most citated innovations to resolve difficult problems in gastroenterology. The article reviews the currently accepted indications by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Dr. José E. Gonzalez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
authors.forename: Aldo Azael
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Garza Galindo
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D019160:Endosonography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014481:United States; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging