ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2020
Reliability of Endoscopic Ultrasound Using Miniprobes and Grayscale Histogram Analysis in Diagnosing Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions.
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- Diagnostic accuracy and influencing factors of microprobe endoscopic ultrasound for gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions: a multicenter retrospective study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Diagnostic challenges of inflammatory submucosal tumor-like lesions: a multicenter propensity score-matching analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
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- Diagnosis by Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Sampling through the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Artificial Intelligence in the Prediction of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors on Endoscopic Ultrasonography Images: Development, Validation and Comparison with Endosonographers.Gut and liver · 2023Article
- Management of gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions: an answer to the conflicting opinions.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2023Review
- Controversies in EUS: Do we need miniprobes?Endoscopic ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTo assess the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions (SELs) and to investigate EUS combined with a grayscale histogram analysis for the differentiation of leiomyomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).
methodsA retrospective study of 709 patients with upper gastrointestinal SELs was conducted by EUS before endoscopic resection. The EUS findings of SELs and pathological results after endoscopic resection were compared. The EUS images of SELs, particularly, leiomyoma and GIST, were further analyzed via a grayscale histogram to differentiate between the two tumors.
resultsOf the 709 patients, 47 cases were pathologically undetermined. The diagnostic consistency of EUS with endoscopic resection was 88.2% (584/662), including 185 muscularis mucosa, 61 submucosa, and 338 muscularis propria, respectively. The diagnostic consistency of EUS with pathology was 80.1% (530/662). The gray value of GISTs was significantly higher than that of leiomyomas (58.9 ± 8.3 vs. 39.5 ± 5.9,
conclusionEUS is the preferred procedure for the evaluation of upper gastrointestinal SELs. EUS combined with a grayscale histogram analysis is an effective method for the differentiation of leiomyomas and GISTs.
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