Oblast: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2006
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Endoscopic Ultrasound
An Introductory Manual and Atlas

Editor
Christoph Frank Dietrich

Why it`s done
EUS helps diagnose conditions that affect the digestive tract and nearby organs and tissues. An EUS tube placed down the throat captures images of the esophagus, stomach and parts of the small intestine. Sometimes an EUS tube is placed through the anus, which is the muscular opening at the end of the digestive tract where stool exits the body. During this procedure, EUS captures images of the rectum and parts of the large intestine, which is called the colon.

EUS can capture images of other organs and nearby tissues too. They include:

Lungs.
Lymph nodes in the center of the chest.
Liver.
Gall bladder.
Bile ducts.
Pancreas.
Sometimes, needles are used as part of EUS-guided procedures to check or treat organs near the digestive tract. For example, a needle can pass through the wall of the esophagus to nearby lymph nodes. Or a needle can pass through the wall of the stomach to deliver medicine to the pancreas.

EUS and EUS-guided procedures may be used to:

Check damage to tissues due to swelling or disease.
Find out if cancer is present or has spread to lymph nodes.
See how much a cancerous tumor has spread to other tissues. A cancerous tumor also is called a malignant tumor.
Identify the stage of the cancer.
Provide more-detailed information about lesions found by other imaging technologies.
Take out fluid or tissue for testing.
Drain fluids from cysts.
Deliver medicine to a targeted region, such as a cancerous tumor.

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