Small spot sign of rectal carcinoma by endorectal ultrasonography: Histologic relation and clinical impact on postoperative recurrence

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 649-653

  Sunouchi, Koki ^a,c   Sakaguchi, Masataka ^b   Higuchi, Yoshiki ^b   Namiki, Kazunobu ^a   Muto, Tetsuichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kawakita General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endorectal ultrasonography; Lymph node metastasis; Postoperative recurrence; Rectal carcinoma; Small spots; Tumor deposits; Venous or lymphatic invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; VEINS;

EID: 0031954810     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235276     Document Type: Article

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