Comparative study of radiologic examinations and the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in diagnosis and staging of gastric masses

ABSTRACT

A study was conducted in the Radiology Department, CMH Rawalpindi to evaluate the role of different radiological modalities and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the diagnosis of the gastric masses and staging of malignant tumors because early diagnosis plays an important role in the better management of the patients. The patients having suspicion of gastric masses underwent double contrast upper GI examination, ultrasound examination with LOGIC 500 ultrasound scanning system, CT scan and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. A total number of 37 patients of different age groups were evaluated by these modalities. On basis of these investigations we found that in our setup there is no statistical difference between the sensitivity and specificity of barium meal examination and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the diagnosis of a mass of gastric origin