Preoperative Staging of Gastric Cancer Using Computed Tomography and Its Correlation with Histopathology with Emphasis on Multi-planar Reformations and Virtual Gastroscopy

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world. Preoperative staging of gastric cancer has assumed pivotal role in deciding appropriate management of gastric cancer with multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) using hydro- and gaseous distension of stomach superseding endoscopic ultrasound in tumor (T) and nodal (N) staging. We undertook this study to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT in the T and N staging of gastric cancer with an attempt to differentiate between early and advanced gastric carcinomas.

METHODS: A total of 160 patients with endoscopically diagnosed and biopsy-proven gastric cancer were subjected to MDCT after adequate gaseous and hydro-distention of stomach. Multi-planar reformatted (MPR) as well as virtual gastroscopy images were also obtained. Gastric lesions were categorized into T1 to T4 stages with N staging from N0 to N3. Preoperative CT findings were correlated with histopathological findings.

RESULTS: Overall diagnostic accuracy of T staging in our study was 82.5% (132/160) with an accuracy of 75% (120/160) for N staging. The diagnostic accuracy of CT for early gastric carcinoma in our study was 93.75% with high specificity of 96% but low sensitivity of 66.7%.

CONCLUSION: MDCT using gaseous and hydro-distension of stomach is an excellent modality for near accurate preoperative T staging of gastric cancer. However, CT has a limited role in the N staging of gastric cancer. This study also suggested that the combined use of virtual gastroscopy and MPR images helps in better detection of early gastric cancers.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastrointestinal cancer - 52(2021), 2 vom: 13. Juni, Seite 606-615

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wani, Abdul Haseeb [VerfasserIn]
Parry, Arshed Hussain [VerfasserIn]
Feroz, Imza [VerfasserIn]
Choh, Naseer Ahmad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced gastric cancer and hydro-distension
Contrast Media
Early gastric cancer
Journal Article
Multi-detector computed tomography
Observational Study
Virtual gastroscopy

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Date Completed 06.09.2021

Date Revised 06.09.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12029-020-00436-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311148778