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Review

Diseases of the Upper GI Tract

Richard M. Gore  1   2 , Marc S. Levine  3   4
Juerg Hodler  1 , Rahel A. Kubik-Huch  2 , Gustav K. von Schulthess  3
, editors.
In: Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2018-2021: Diagnostic Imaging - IDKD Book [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2018. Chapter 10.
IDKD Springer Series.
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Review

Diseases of the Upper GI Tract

Richard M. Gore et al.

Excerpt

Diseases of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract can be evaluated by a variety of imaging modalities, including barium fluoroscopy, CT, ultrasound, MR, PET-CT, PET-MR, and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Fluoroscopic examinations remain helpful for detecting a variety of benign conditions, especially in the esophagus, whereas cross-sectional imaging techniques are particularly useful for diagnosing and staging malignant tumors. This review therefore first considers radiologic evaluation of nonneoplastic conditions and then neoplastic conditions of the upper GI tract.

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