Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I am Pushpa, 34 years old, new to this group from India. I have constant abdominal pain from 5 months. Pain increases in intensity after 1 or 2 hours of taking food. My stools look oily. So far the tests like Gastroscopy, Blood tests, Non-contrast CT scan have come normal except for ESR count which is 20( as against to 1-10). Now planning to undergo EUS. Have any one of you undergone EUS and let me know if one experiences any side effects and how long does the test take to complete. Is it worth? I am NOT alcoholic, non smoker. But for my Asthma I had taken corticosteroids from 1998 till 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Pushpa, Firstly welcome to the group where i'm sure you'll be helped with the wonderful members here. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) plays a vital role in management of upper gastrointestinal disorders, particularly cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, stomach, lung (via transesophageal mediastinal staging), and bile duct. Endoscopic ultrasound has also been valuable in detection of early chronic pancreatitis (CP). In cancer of the esophagus, the primary role of EUS is to determine whether disease is localized (T1-2, N0) and appropriate for surgery, locally advanced (T3-4, N1, M1a) (which may benefit from chemoradiation with or without surgery), or metastatic. Pancreatic and bile duct cancers are more complex given the controversy over portal vein resection. In centers that resect tumors invading the portal venous system, the role of EUS is limited to tissue confirmation or identification of metastases to the liver or distant lymph nodes. In centers that do not resect the portal vein invasion, EUS plays an important role in local staging. In lung cancer, EUS is emerging as an accurate, nonsurgical alternative to staging the mediastinum through EUS fine-needle aspiration. Endoscopic ultrasound has an important role in diagnosing CP because of its high degree of sensitivity. This has also led to controversy over whether EUS can overdiagnose CP. For these reasons, Doctors recommend the use of a high threshold for EUS and that CP be diagnosed in conjunction with other standard tests (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, pancreatic function tests). Hope this was of some help!! Rupesh Parajuli Nepal Chapter Pancreatitis Association International (PAI) Post Box No: 13946, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4479627, Fax: 977-1-4476878/4460560 Mobile: 977-9851078750 rupesh_parajuli@... www.pancassociation.org --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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