Cârțână ET, Gheonea DI, Săftoiu A. Advances in endoscopic ultrasound imaging of colorectal diseases. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(5): 1756-1766 [PMID: 26855535 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i5.1756]
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Adrian Săftoiu, MD, PhD, MSc, FASGE, Department of Gastroenterology, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 1 Mai nr. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania. adriansaftoiu@aim.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2016; 22(5): 1756-1766 Published online Feb 7, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i5.1756
Advances in endoscopic ultrasound imaging of colorectal diseases
Elena Tatiana Cârțână, Dan Ionuț Gheonea, Adrian Săftoiu
Elena Tatiana Cârțână, Dan Ionuț Gheonea, Adrian Săftoiu, Department of Gastroenterology, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200638 Craiova, Romania
Adrian Săftoiu, Department of Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Herlev Ringvej, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
Author contributions: Cârțână ET and Gheonea DI analysed the literature and drafted the article; Săftoiu A designed and revised the content.
Supported by The frame of European Social Found, Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2007-2013, project No. POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133377.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Adrian Săftoiu, MD, PhD, MSc, FASGE, Department of Gastroenterology, Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 1 Mai nr. 66, 200638 Craiova, Romania. adriansaftoiu@aim.com
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Received: April 28, 2015 Peer-review started: May 6, 2015 First decision: September 29, 2015 Revised: October 21, 2015 Accepted: December 14, 2015 Article in press: December 14, 2015 Published online: February 7, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Beyond staging rectal cancer, an already established endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) indication, novel applications for colorectal diseases are under investigation, including the possibility of staging tumours throughout the entire colon with the recently developed forward-viewing radial echoendoscope. Contrast-enhanced EUS may be used for the characterization and the prognostic assessment in both colorectal tumours and inflammatory bowel disease, while EUS elastography could enhance the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant colorectal lesions, pending on further studies. EUS-guided therapeutic procedures include drainage of abdomino-pelvic collections and other experimental procedures, such as insertion of fiducial markers and targeted microbubble drug delivery, which will be also reviewed.
