This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Matsumoto, T Articles by Iida, M Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Matsumoto, T Articles by Iida, M

Accuracy of radiographic assessment for the diagnosis of invasion depth in small invasive colorectal cancer

¹ Departments of Medicine & Clinical Science and ³ Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582 and ² Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

View larger version (85K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Examples of determination in surface features and fold convergency. (a) A 1.5 cm cancer with deep submucosal invasion in the transverse colon. The surface of the lesion is determined to be nodular. There is a fold convergency towards the protrusion (arrows). (b) A 0.9 cm cancer with deep submucosal invasion in the sigmoid colon. There is a smooth protrusion with fold convergency (arrows).

View larger version (156K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. An example of smooth surface feature and central barium fleck. A 0.8 cm cancer with deep invasion in the sigmoid colon. There is a smooth protrusion with an obvious barium fleck in the centre.

View larger version (83K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Examples of positive central barium fleck and eccentric deformity. A 1.2 cm cancer with deep submucosal invasion in the transverse colon. (a) There is a barium fleck accompanied by nodular protrusion. (b) On lateral view, eccentric deformity is also seen (arrow).