CEUS and strain elastography in gastric carcinoma

• DOI: 10.1007/s40477-013-0024-y
• Publication Date: 2013-07-17T07:25:22Z
• Authors: Vito Cantisani; Antonello Rubini; Guglielmo Miniagio
• Keywords: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Gastric cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer, but diagnosis is often delayed. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is currently the gold standard for evaluating gastric cancer. Also other imaging modalities, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are employed for identifying gastric cancer, but particularly for cancer staging. Ultrasound (US) is a first-line imaging modality used to examine organs in the abdomen, and during these examinations gastric cancer may be incidentally detected. Very few studies in the literature have investigated the role of US in gastric disease. However, more recently, some authors have reported on the use of contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) and US-elastography in gastric disease using both endoscopic and transabdominal approach. In this paper, we present a case of gastric cancer studied by CEUS and transabdominal US-elastography.