Diagnosis and staging of esophageal carcinoma preoperatively using multiplane transesophageal echocardiography
REN Weidong
(Department of Heart Function,the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001,China)
CHEN Xin, YANG Jun, et al.
【Abstract】 Objective To evaluate the role of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (MTEE) in preoperative diagnosis and staging of esophageal carcinoma. Methods Twenty-nine patients with esophageal carcinoma underwent gastroscopy and MTEE before operation.These tests were compared with the final pathological interpretation and paid particular attention to the presence of wall penetration and lymph nodes by primary tumor. Results For assessing wall penetration (T staging), MTEE had a better agreement with pathology (Kappa value 0.63) and a higher accuracy of 81.5%. There was no significant difference between the results of MTEE and pathology in detecting the length and the largest radius of the tumor (P<0.05), but significant difference between the results of gastroscopy and pathology (P>0.05) was found in detecting the tumor length.The occurrences of lymph nodes and the metastatic nodes found by MTEE were 53.1% and 69.2% respectively.Conclusions With its high accuracy, MTEE is a valuable complemented method for assessing T and N parameters in staging esophageal carcinoma.
MTEE测得的食管癌长度和最大厚度与病理结果对照,二者间无显著性差异[长度:(3.75±1.56 )cm vs (3.83±1.56)cm,P>0.05;最大厚度:(1.23±0.14)cm vs (1.20±0.63)cm,P>0.05]。但纤维胃镜测量肿瘤长度(2.92±1.52)cm与病理结果比较有显著性差异(P<0.05)。MTEE判断食管癌的T分期与病理结果一致性较好,Kappa值为 0.63,MTEE T分期准确率为 81.5%(22/27)(表1)。
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