Research Article
Endosonographic Findings and the Natural Course of Chronic Gastric Anisakiasis: A Single-Center Experience
Table 1
Clinicopathologic and endosonographic features in 28 patients with chronic gastric anisakiasis.
| | Case | Sex | Age (years) | Location | Gross shape | Erosion | EUS features | Eosinophil no. on endoscopic biopsy† | Size on follow-up endoscopy | Follow-up period (months) | | Size (mm) | Growth pattern | Layer | Echogenicity | Homogeneity | Border | Hyperechoic tubular structures |
| | 1 | M | 27 | Middle | I | − | 7 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | N-P | Decreased | 1 | | 2 | M | 41 | Upper | I | − | 3 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | 41 | Subsided | 26 | | 3 | M | 43 | Middle | I | + | 9 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 37 | Decreased | 1 | | 4 | M | 49 | Middle | I | + | 25 | Intraluminal | 2 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Indistinct | − | 22 | Subsided | 32 | | 5 | M | 51 | Middle | I | − | 17 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 64 | Subsided | 9 | | 6 | M | 53 | Middle | I | − | 5 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Indistinct | − | 5 | Decreased | 5 | | 7 | M | 58 | Middle | I | − | 10 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | 45 | Subsided | 9 | | 8 | M | 71 | Middle | I | + | 7 | Mural | 2, 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 18 | Subsided | 9 | | 9 | F | 25 | Upper | I | − | 7 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | − | 30 | Same | 22 | | 10 | F | 42 | Lower | I | − | 11 | Mural | 2 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Distinct | − | 107 | Same | 13 | | 11 | F | 45 | Middle | I | + | 17 | Mural | 3, 4 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 500 | Subsided | 6 | | 12 | F | 47 | Middle | I | − | 6 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Distinct | + | 12 | Subsided | 14 | | 13 | F | 49 | Middle | I | − | 7 | Intraluminal | 3, 4 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | N-P | Subsided | 12 | | 14 | F | 49 | Middle | II | + | 15 | Mural | 3, 4 | Hyperechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 56 | Subsided | 8 | | 15 | F | 52 | Middle | I | + | 7 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 15 | Subsided | 18 | | 16 | F | 52 | Middle | I | + | 6 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | 20 | Decreased | 1 | | 17 | F | 53 | Upper | I | − | 9 | Intraluminal | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | N-P | Subsided | 53 | | 18 | F | 53 | Middle | I | − | 11 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 73 | Subsided | 7 | | 19 | F | 55 | Middle | I | − | 16 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | 90 | Decreased | 3 | | 20 | F | 57 | Upper | I | + | 8 | Mural | 2, 3 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Indistinct | − | 370 | Subsided | 1 | | 21 | F | 59 | Upper | I | + | 4 | Mural | 3, 4 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | N-P | Decreased | 55 | | 22 | F | 59 | Middle | I | − | 6 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | N-P | Subsided | 11 | | 23 | F | 62 | Upper | I | − | 7 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | + | N-P | Decreased | 1 | | 24 | F | 64 | Middle | I | − | 12 | Mural | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Distinct | − | N-P | Decreased | 1 | | 25 | F | 66 | Middle | I | − | 11 | Mural | 3, 4 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 5 | Decreased | 1 | | 26 | F | 66 | Middle | I | − | 13 | Mural | 3, 4 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 25 | Subsided | 15 | | 27 | F | 75 | Middle | I | − | 8 | Intraluminal | 2 | Hypoechoic | Homogeneous | Indistinct | + | 55 | Decreased | 1 | | 28 | F | 76 | Upper | I | + | 8 | Intraluminal | 3 | Hypoechoic | Heterogeneous | Indistinct | + | 11 | Subsided | 19 |
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By Yamada classification [ 6]. †Per high-power field. N-P: not performed. |
