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The results of ultrasonic B-scanning of 11 patients with malignant neoplasms of the stomach are presented, and the diagnostic accuracy of this technique and its advantages and limitations are discussed and illustrated with specific case reports. The use of ultrasound to complement other techniques in evaluating malignant gastric neoplasms prior to consideration for surgery or chemotherapy is outlined.

Seminal vesicle cysts are uncommon, particularly when associated with ipsilateral agenesis of the kidney, ureter, and/or trigone. This entity should be considered when a cystic pelvic mass is seen in a young male. B-scan ultrasound can be of considerable aid in making the diagnosis.

Summary A patient is presented who had a hydatidiform mole with a coexistent fetus and bilateral theca lutein cysts. The complete diagnosis was made by grey‐scale ultrasonography.

Over 200 patients were examined by B-scan ultrasound for suspected pancreatic disease; in 94 cases a final diagnosis was proved. The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound, upper gastrointestinal examination, isotope pancreatography, and arteriography is compared. The diagnostic ultrasound features of the various pancreatic disease processes are described. Pancreatic sonography provides the most accurate and least expensive method for evaluating the pancreas with no known patient morbidity. The upper gastrointestinal series and radionuclide study are complementary to sonography. Ultrasound should be the initial examination for the evaluation of patients with suspected pancreatic disease or epigastric mass.