ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION OF STROMAL REACTION IN GASTRIC CANCER AND IT'S CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasonographic determination of stromal reaction was studied in 17 stomach cancer patients. Endoscopic ultrasonogram of 6 cases with medullary type of stromal reaction a showed low echo in 5 cases (83.3%), while 6 cases with scirrhous type showed a high echo in 5 cases (83.3%). These results suggest that the stromal reaction which correlated with type of metastasis in gastric cancer can be evaluated preoperatively by echoic pattern of endoscopic ultrasonography.