Open AccessCan contrast-enhanced harmonic endosonography predict malignancy risk in gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors?
Author(s) -
Hye Yoon Park,
Seong Woo Jeon,
Chang Min Cho,
Han Ik Bae,
An Na Seo,
Oh Kyung Kweon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/2303-9027.195871
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , radiology , pathology , gastroenterology
Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CEH-EUS) is a novel technology that can identify subepithelial tumors (SETs) by detecting the degree of enhancement, but whether CEH-EUS can predict the malignancy risk of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) remains unclear. The aim of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CEH-EUS and its ability to discriminate among SETs and predict the malignancy risk of GISTs.