Open AccessClinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography for the evaluation of ulcerative colitis-associated tumors
Author(s) -
Kiyonori Kobayashi,
Kana Kawagishi,
Shouhei Ooka,
Keitaro Yokoyama,
Miwa Sada,
Wasaburo Koizumi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i9.2693
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , rectum , colectomy , endoscopic mucosal resection , carcinoma , dysplasia , endoscopy , radiology , gastroenterology , pathology , disease
To evaluate the clinical usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for the diagnosis of the invasion depth of ulcerative colitis-associated tumors.