Rectal linitis plastica as the first presentation of metastatic lobular breast cancer: an endoscopic ultrasound diagnosis

Usefulness of detective flow imaging endoscopic ultrasound for the diagnosis of rectal wall thickening

“…A superficial endoscopic biopsy sometimes is inconclusive due to the tendency of RLP to cause extensive submucosal infiltration. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) is currently an alternative diagnostic modality when endoscopic biopsy fails to verify the diagnosis 1 2 . Recently, detective flow imaging (DFI) has been developed as a new ultrasound imaging technology 3 .…”