Table 1.
Characteristics of 8 patients with increased subepithelial masses
| Patients | Age (yr) | Gender | Location | Initial size (mm) | Increased size(mm) | Follow-up interval (mo) | EUS | Treatment | Surgical gross pathology |
| 1 | 60 | F | Stomach | 22 | 30 | 40 | GIST | Operation | Schwannoma |
| 2 | 63 | M | Stomach | 20 | 30 | 86 | GIST | Observation | |
| 3 | 65 | M | Stomach | 15 | 40 | 12 | GIST | Operation | GIST |
| 4 | 37 | F | Stomach | 12 | 18 | 36 | GIST | Observation | |
| 5 | 53 | F | Stomach | 12 | 20 | 56 | Lipoma | Observation | |
| 6 | 44 | F | Stomach | 12 | 30 | 84 | GIST | Operation | GIST |
| 7 | 54 | M | Stomach | 4 | 10 | 81 | Not performed | Observation | |
| 8 | 37 | F | Esophagus | 8 | 15 | 78 | GIST | Observation |
EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor.