IMAGING EVALUATION OF CARCINOMA STOMACH BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY- A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF 50 CASES
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 44
Abstract
BACKGROUND Stomach cancer is the second most common cancer among men and third most among women in Asia and worldwide. Almost all gastric cancers are adenocarcinomas (95%). Other histological types include lymphomas and carcinoid tumours. The data obtained from the National Cancer Registries indicates that gastric cancer is a leading problem in North-Eastern and Southern states of Indian subcontinent. The objective of our study was to evaluate the USG and CT imaging features of cases of stomach carcinoma referred to the Radiology Department, GMCH. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive study of Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography were done in all patients of the study group. Histopathological study was done either by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology, upper GI endoscopic biopsy or from post-operative specimen. Only histologically proven stomach carcinoma cases were included in our study. The age group of the patients ranged from 30 years to 90 years. RESULTS 50 cases of stomach carcinoma were studied and among 50 cases 33 were male and 17 were female. Parameters like pattern of tumour growth, adjacent organ involvement, nodal spread and histological type of tumour were evaluated and tabulated. CONCLUSION Various findings like male predominance with male-to-female ratio of 1.9: 1, 5th - 7th decade as the age group with maximum number of cases etc. can be obtained from the present study. Computed Tomography is more accurate than ultrasonography in detecting extent of tumour, patterns of tumour growth, adjacent organ involvement, lymph node spread and metastasis.
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Mohsina Islam Bora, Priyanka Priyadarshini Baishya
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