Research Article

Reliability of Endoscopic Ultrasound Using Miniprobes and Grayscale Histogram Analysis in Diagnosing Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions

Table 6

Lesions undetermined by EUS.

Unclear (6)Gastric antrumChronic inflammation (2)Ectopic pancreas (1)
Gastric fundusChronic inflammation (2)GIST (1)

Submucosa (24)EsophagusLeiomyoma (2)GIST (2)Cyst (1)
Gastric antrumChronic inflammation (3)Ectopic pancreas (2)
Lymphoma (1)Neuroendocrine tumor (1)Polyps (1)
Fibromyxoma (1)Adenomyoma (1)Dieulafoy’s lesion (1)
Gastric fundusChronic inflammation (1)GIST (1)Lipoma (1)
Vascular malformations (1)
CardiacChronic inflammation (1)
Gastric bodyEctopic pancreas (1)Lipoma (1)
DuodenumEctopic pancreas (1)

Muscularis mucosa (11)EsophagusLeiomyoma (3)
Gastric antrumEctopic pancreas (2)
Gastric fundusChronic inflammation(4)
CardiacLeiomyoma (1)
DuodenumNeuroendocrine tumor (1)

Muscularis propria (6)Gastric antrumLeiomyoma (1)Chronic inflammation (1)
Gastric fundusLymphoma (1)Fibromyxoma (1)
CardiacChronic inflammation (1)
Gastric bodyLeiomyoma (1)

EUS: endoscopic ultrasonography; GISTs: gastrointestinal stromal tumors.