The diagnostic of six cases with gastric submucosal tumor / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:To improve the diagnostic accuracy of gastric submucosal tumor whose endoscopy was negative. Methods:Six cases of gastric submucosal tumor with “negative” results of endoscopy were analyzed. Results:Before operation 3 were recieved by medicinal management, 5 were diagnosed as malignant tumor by CT, 2 were shown to be tumor by ultrasound. There were 3 gastric lymphoma, 1 gastric adenocarcinoma, 1 gastric Schwannoma and 1 gastric leiomyosarcoma confirmed by postoperational pathologic diagnosis. Conclusions:If suspicion remains in endoscopy diagnosis, procedure should involve careful physical examination, CT, B US, GI and so on to improve the diagnostic accuracy. [