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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2014; 20(20): 6322-6328
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322
Table 7 Clinicopathologic characteristics associated with underestimation of invasion depth by endoscopic ultrasonography in superficial esophageal carcinoma
| Characteristics | No. of underestimated lesions | Pvalue |
| Location | 0.160 | |
| Upper esophagus | 0/18 | |
| Mid-esophagus | 11/72 | |
| Lower esophagus | 2/24 | |
| Histologic type | 1.000 | |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 13/108 | |
| Adenocarcinoma | 0/3 | |
| Neuroendocrine carcinoma | 0/3 | |
| Differentiation degree | 0.903 | |
| Well differentiated | 4/43 | |
| Moderately differentiated | 8/61 | |
| Poorly differentiated | 1/10 | |
| Macroscopic shape | 0.379 | |
| Elevated | 9/62 | |
| Flat | 4/38 | |
| Depressed | 0/14 | |
| Circumferential spread | 0.001 | |
| < 1/4 | 0/44 | |
| 1/4–2/4 | 4/35 | |
| 2/4–3/4 | 3/16 | |
| ≥ 3/4 | 6/19 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.001 | |
| < 3 | 3/74 | |
| ≥ 3 | 10/40 |
- Citation: Jung JI, Kim GH, I H, Park DY, Kim TK, Cho YH, Sung YW, Choi MK, Lee BE, Song GA. Clinicopathologic factors influencing the accuracy of EUS for superficial esophageal carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(20): 6322-6328
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i20/6322.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6322