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Contrast Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound Imaging for Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors
Clinical Endoscopy ; : 306-313, 2019.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-763460
ABSTRACT
Subepithelial tumors are divided into benign subepithelial and potentially malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumors. It is difficult to distinguish between these tumor types. Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound is reportedly useful for diagnosing subepithelial tumors, can be safely and easily performed by understanding the principle and method, and can be used to distinguish between tumor types with high sensitivity on the basis of differences in contrast effect. The generated image shows a hyper-enhancement pattern in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (sensitivity, 78%–100%; specificity, 60%–100%; accuracy, 60%–100%) and hypo-enhancement pattern in benign subepithelial tumors. Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound can be used to estimate the malignancy potential of gastrointestinal stromal tumors by evaluating the uniformity of the contrast and the blood vessels inside the tumor, with abnormal intra-tumor blood vessels, heterogeneous enhancement, and non-enhancing spots suggesting malignancy. Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound has a higher sensitivity than other imaging modalities for the detection of vascularity within gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Additionally, it has been reported that treatment effects can be estimated by evaluating the blood flow in the gastrointestinal stromal tumor before and after treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. However, there will be subjective-bias and the results depends on the performer’s skill.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Blood Vessels / Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Ultrasonography / Sensitivity and Specificity / Clothing / Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Methods Type of study: Diagnostic study Language: English Journal: Clinical Endoscopy Year: 2019 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Blood Vessels / Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Ultrasonography / Sensitivity and Specificity / Clothing / Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Methods Type of study: Diagnostic study Language: English Journal: Clinical Endoscopy Year: 2019 Type: Article