title: The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Primary Gastric Lymphoma.
abstract: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is considered a valuable diagnostic tool during the workup of malignant gastric lesions, including primary gastric lymphomas (PGL). Although endoscopy combined with multiple biopsies remains essential in the establishment of PGL diagnosis, EUS utilization in locoregional disease staging has been well documented in the literature. Data also support the possible role of EUS in prediction of response to first-line treatment, that is,Helicobacter pylorieradication. However, its application in the posttreatment setting remains problematic, since concordance rates between endosonography and histology findings during follow-up seem to vary substantially. The aim of the present review is to summarize all available data regarding the role of EUS in the management of PGL.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Laikon General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schizas
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ntanasis-Stathopoulos
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Diamantis I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Tsilimigras
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios D
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4965-186X
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sioulas
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5276-0699
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moris
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4451-8074
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spartalis
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scotiniotis
authors.affiliation: Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second Department of Internal Medicine and Research Unit, "Attikon" University General Hospital and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Haidari, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis S
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7368-6168
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Papanikolaou