These findings suggest that attaining glycemic control improves gastric motility and attainments upper abdominal symptoms in diabetic patients with gastroparesis.

Women with V-type MS are more likely to have fatty liver, IGT and liver dysfunction than those with S-type MS. V-type MS is one of the significant predictors for NAFLD in Japanese women with MS.

Metabolic syndrome did not appear to contribute to delayed gastric motility in diabetic gastroparesis.

The diagnostic accuracy of EUS for gallbladder wall lesions is not affected by the presence of gallstones. However, better diagnostic criteria must be established based on larger studies, and technical refinements of the equipment are needed to increase the accuracy of EUS in the diagnosis of gallbladder wall lesions.

3D sonographic reconstructions of digestive lesions were useful in diagnosis, and we believe that further improvements should enhance the clinical usefulness of 3D endosonography.