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Endoscopic ultrasound

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-002831

A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body. An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument that has a light and a lens for viewing. A probe at the end of the endoscope is used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal organs to make a picture (sonogram). Also called endosonography and EUS.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-002831
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsendosonography; EUS
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A procedure in which an endoscope is inserted into the body. An endoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument that has a light and a lens for viewing. A probe at the end of the endoscope is used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal organs to make a picture (sonogram). Also called endosonography and EUS.",
  "synonyms": [
    "endosonography",
    "EUS"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/endoscopic-ultrasound/"
}

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