TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of gallbladder lesions
AU - Hashimoto, Senju
AU - Nakaoka, Kazunori
AU - Kawabe, Naoto
AU - Kuzuya, Teiji
AU - Funasaka, Kohei
AU - Nagasaka, Mitsuo
AU - Nakagawa, Yoshihito
AU - Miyahara, Ryoji
AU - Shibata, Tomoyuki
AU - Hirooka, Yoshiki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Gallbladder (GB) diseases represent various lesions including gallstones, cholesterol polyps, adenomyomatosis, and GB carcinoma. This review aims to summarize the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis of GB lesions. EUS provides high-resolution images that can improve the diagnosis of GB polypoid lesions, GB wall thickness, and GB carcinoma staging. Contrast-enhancing agents may be useful for the differential diagnosis of GB lesions, but the evidence of their effectiveness is still limited. Thus, further studies are required in this area to establish its usefulness. EUS combined with fine-needle aspiration has played an increasing role in providing a histological diagnosis of GB tumors in addition to GB wall thickness.
AB - Gallbladder (GB) diseases represent various lesions including gallstones, cholesterol polyps, adenomyomatosis, and GB carcinoma. This review aims to summarize the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis of GB lesions. EUS provides high-resolution images that can improve the diagnosis of GB polypoid lesions, GB wall thickness, and GB carcinoma staging. Contrast-enhancing agents may be useful for the differential diagnosis of GB lesions, but the evidence of their effectiveness is still limited. Thus, further studies are required in this area to establish its usefulness. EUS combined with fine-needle aspiration has played an increasing role in providing a histological diagnosis of GB tumors in addition to GB wall thickness.
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U2 - 10.3390/diagnostics11101789
DO - 10.3390/diagnostics11101789
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85117100679
SN - 2075-4418
VL - 11
JO - Diagnostics
JF - Diagnostics
IS - 10
M1 - 1789
ER -