J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 88(6): 710-714, 1987
Original article
DIAGNOSIS OF DEGREE OF SEROSAL INVASION OF CARCINOMA OF THE COLON BY ANGIOGRAPHY
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First Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan Toshihide Iijima |
The findings of AG were classified into 4 groups :
AG-S3, abnormal change (like irregularity and/or encasement) up to marginal vessels ;
AG-S2, abnormality up to vasa recta ;
AG-S1, abnormality of penetrating branches of vasa recta ;
AG-S0, no distinct findings of above mentioned vessels.
1) Diagnosis of AG is in accord with the visible postoperative findings in 82.9％.
2) Diagnosis of AG is in accord with the histopathological findings in 32.4％.
3) Postoperative examinations confirmed the AG diagnosis precisely but the conflict with histopathological findings should not be overlooked. This may be the results of inflammatory change, adhesion and fibrosis around the carcinoma of the colon.
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