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Use of sonography in the evaluation of the gastroesophageal junction
Author(s) -
Changchien ChiSin,
Hsu ChiaChang
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199602)24:2<67::aid-jcu3>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroesophageal junction , thickening , esophagus , malignancy , radiology , lesion , abdominal wall , nuclear medicine , pathology , anatomy , cancer , adenocarcinoma , chemistry , polymer science
To demonstrate the gastroesophageal junction with a real‐time, transabdominal sonography through the window of left lobe of liver, the normal sonographic pattern and the thickness of the wall of abdominal esophagus were determined. The detection rate of the normal pattern in 30 control subjects was 93%, the normal thickness of the wall being 3.8 ± 1.2 mm (range 2 mm to 5 mm). In 7 patients with severe acute esophageal inflammation, the thickness was 7.6 ± 2.1 mm (range 5 mm to 10 mm). In 6 patients with an invading lesion in the gastroesophageal junction due to malignancy, the thickness of the wall was more than 10 mm in each case. This preliminary study indicates that the sonographic detection of gastroesophageal junction through the liver window can be included in routine abdominal sonography. An increased thickness of the wall needs further study to find the cause of the thickening. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.