Intra-aortic ultrasonography in advanced esophageal cancer

• Published in: Seminars in surgical oncology 1997-07, Vol.13 (4), p.234-237
• Main Authors: Akiyama, Seiji, Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki, Fujiwara, Michitaka, Hibi, Kenji, Kasai, Yasushi, Kondo, Ken, Ito, Katsuki, Takagi, Hiroshi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aorta, Thoracic - pathology; aortic diseases/diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; esophageal neoplasms/surgery; Humans; interventional ultrasonography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; neoplasm invasiveness; Neoplasm Invasiveness - diagnosis; Neoplasm Invasiveness - diagnostic imaging; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Transducers; Ultrasonography, Interventional - instrumentation; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; Vascular Neoplasms - diagnosis; Vascular Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; vascular neoplasms/secondary/ultrasonography
• ISSN: 8756-0437; 1098-2388
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199707/08)13:4<234::AID-SSU3>3.0.CO;2-6

Thirty‐one advanced esophageal cancer patients underwent preoperative intra‐aortic ultrasonography (IAUS), and aortic invasion was found in nine patients. In five patients, the aortic invasion was diagnosed as limited in the aortic adventitia, enabling the preoperative prediction of the tumors. The aortic invasion to all layers was visualized by IAUS in four cases. Intra‐aortic ultrasonography provides important information to determine the resectability of advanced esophageal cancer. Semin. Surg. Oncol. 13:234‐237, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.