[Magnetic resonance tomography, endosonography and hydrosonography in staging stomach carcinoma]

Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1996:113:562-4.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Endosonography (EUS) results in greater accuracy in small gastric cancers (T1, T2) than MRI. The accuracy rate in correct lymph node staging is 82% (EUS) and 76% (MRI). Hydrosonography provides information but no significant staging.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Contrast Media
  • Endosonography*
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Water

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Water