Research Article
Endosonographic Findings and the Natural Course of Chronic Gastric Anisakiasis: A Single-Center Experience
Table 2
Summary of endosonographic features of chronic anisakiasis.
| EUS features | (%) |
| Median size, mm (range) | 8 (3–25) | Growth pattern | | Intraluminal | 5 (18) | Mural | 23 (82) | Layer | | Second layer | 3 (11) | Second and third layers | 2 (7) | Third layer | 17 (61) | Third and fourth layers | 6 (21) | Echogenicity | | Hypoechoic | 27 (96) | Hyperechoic | 1 (4) | Homogeneity | | Homogenous | 6 (21) | Heterogeneous | 22 (79) | Border | | Indistinct | 17 (61) | Distinct | 11 (39) | Hyperechoic tubular structure | | Present | 22 (79) | Absent | 6 (21) |
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