Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasonography for differential diagnosis of submucosal tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Ken KamataMamoru TakenakaMasayuki KitanoShunsuke OmotoTakeshi MiyataKosuke MinagaKentaro YamaoHajime ImaiToshiharu SakuraiTomohiro WatanabeNaoshi NishidaTakaaki ChikugoYasutaka ChibaHaruhiko ImamotoTakushi YasudaAndrea LisottiPietro FusaroliMasatoshi Kudo

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)

Hyper-enhancement and inhomogeneous enhancement were found to be a characteristic of GISTs. CH-EUS was useful for discrimination of benign SMTs from GISTs.

Keyphrases

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