Endoscopic ultrasound using ultrasound probes for the diagnosis of early esophageal and gastric cancers

Figure 13 Findings for an sm2 cancer of the stomach. A: Endoscopic features. An elevated lesion was located on the posterior wall of the upper gastric body; B: Endoscopic features after indigo carmine dye. Biopsy specimens showed adenocarcinoma; C: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) features. The white dotted line indicates the extent of the lesion. EUS revealed a thickness of the second layer and a thin third layer, but the fourth layer was intact; D: Pathological findings. The tumor was invading the submucosa massively. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, × 12.5).