[The ultrasonic detection of the metastatic involvement of the intra-abdominal and retroperitoneal lymph nodes in esophageal cancer]. / Ul'trazvukovoe vyiavlenie metastaticheskogo porazheniia vnutribriushnykh i zabriushinnykh limfaticheskikh uzlov pri rake pishchevoda.

The paper is based on analysis of the results of ultrasound investigation of 67 patients with esophageal cancer with metastatic involvement of abdominal and retroperitoneal lymph nodes verified at operation. For effective diagnosis of these changes during ultrasound scanning one should observe the main methodological principles and methods including polyprojection, polyposition and staging of investigation. It should be noted that unchanged lymph nodes cannot be visualized.

[Radiodiagnosis of metastases to the upper abdominal and retroperitoneal lymph nodes]. / Metody luchevoi diagnostiki metastaticheskogo porazheniia verkhnikh abdominal'nykh i zabliushinnykh limfaticheskikh uzlov.

The examination of 170 patients with cancer of the esophagus and proximal stomach made it possible to specify x-ray, ultrasonic and CT signs of cancer metastases to the upper abdomen and retroperitoneum. A scheme of radiodiagnosis of these metastases is suggested. The diagnostic value of x-ray, echography and CT was considered in relation to various lymph nodes involvement.

[Ultrasound and radiologic diagnosis of breast nodules in young women]. / Ul'trazvukovaia i rentgenologicheskaia diagnostika uzlovykh obrazovanii molochnykh zhelez u zhenschch in molodogo vozrasta.

Mammography as a priority method of diagnosis of breast nodules in young women is of low efficacy as a result of a dense background of the breast as distinct from echography permitting the detection of abnormal lesion against this background. Altogether 126 patients with clinical manifestations of breast nodules were investigated. Apparatus methods used for investigation of 38 of them, revealed but manifestations of fibrocystic mastopathy. Assessment of the efficacy of x-ray and ultrasound diagnostic methods was performed in 88 patients with breast nodules (the patients varied in age from 14 to 40). Radiodiagnostic accuracy in benign tumors was 54.1% that in malignant tumors--78.1%. Ultrasound investigation proved to be the most informative method for diagnosis of breast nodules in young women, and the use of a proposed algorithm would permit optimization of the diagnostic process.

[Ultrasonographic and radiographic diagnosis of breast nodules in young women]. / Ultrazvukovaia i rentgenologicheskaia diagnostika uzlovykh obrazovanii molochnykh zhelez u zhenshchin molodogo vozrasta.

Mammography as a priority method of diagnosis of breast nodules in young women is of low efficacy as a result of a dense background of the breast as distinct from echography permitting the detection of abnormal lesion against this background. Altogether 126 patients with clinical manifestations of breast nodules were investigated. Apparatus methods used for investigation of 38 of them, revealed but manifestations of fibrocystic mastopathy. Assessment of the efficacy of x-ray and ultrasound diagnostic methods was performed in 88 patients with breast nodules (the patients varied in age from 14 to 40). Radiodiagnostic accuracy in benign tumors was 54.1%, that in malignant tumors--78.1%. Ultrasound investigation proved to be the most informative method for diagnosis of breast nodules in young women, and the use of a proposed algorithm would permit optimization of the diagnostic process.