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. 2019 May 16;52(5):479–485. doi: 10.5946/ce.2018.163

Table 3.

Relationship between EUS Finding and Pathological Diagnosis for Vascular Invasion in Evaluated Major Vein (n=57)

EUS finding Pathological diagnosis for vascular invasion
Positive, n (%) Negative, n (%)
Type 1: Clear invasion (n=5) 5 (100) 0 (0)
Type 2: Loss of extra-hyperechoic vessel layer (n=14) 11 (79) 3 (21)
Type 3: Existence of extra-hyperechoic vessel layer (n=23) 2 (9) 21 (91)
Type 4: Clear non-invasion (n=15) 0 (0) 15 (100)

EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography.