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  • Title: [The accuracy of radiological and endoscopic examinations in the diagnosis of carcinoma of the stomach (author's transl)].
    Author: Stender HS, Seifert E, Luska G, Wagner HH.
    Journal: Rofo; 1976 Apr; 124(4):330-5. PubMed ID: 131759.
    Abstract:
    The accuracy of radiology in the diagnosis of gastric carcinomas was checked on 232 cases, including 24 early examples. Accuracy depends most of all on the experience of the radiologist. Amongst 146 patients, using a satisfactory technique, a carcinoma was diagnosed in 131 patients (90%) and suspected in eight (6%). In five (3%) the changes were misinterpreted as being benign and the lesion was missed in two (1%). Of 120 gastric carcinomas submitted to operation a correct diagnosis had been made radiologically in 88% and suspected in 4%; endoscopically, the diagnosis was made in 92% and suspected in 2%. Of the 24 early carcinomas, both methods suggested the presence of a malignant lesion in 80%. The combination of radiology, endoscopy, hitology and cytology increases accuracy to 95%. These results indicated that localised changes in the gastric mucosa and the wall of the stomach can be demonstrated only by using refined radiological techniques; each lesion should be confirmed by endoscopy and histology.
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