[Radioisotope gastroscintigraphy in diagnosis of tumor and pretumor diseases of the stomach].

The results of isotope gastroscintigraphy, performed in 160 patients with tumor and pretumor diseases of the stomach, are reported. Based on a clinico-morphological estimation of gastroscintigraphic findings, it was found that in 115 (72%) patients the data of scanning coincided with the ultimate diagnosis. In 25 (16%) patients pseudopositive and in 20 (12%)--pseudonegative scannograms were obtained. The greatest number of pseudonegative results was noted in patients with gastric cancer (in 19 of 20), in 10 of them tumor being located in the cardiac portion of the stomach. The precision of diagnosing tumors in other anatomical portion of the stomach was 90%. In patients with pretumor lesions the character of scannographic alterations was dependent on the rate of impairment of gastric mucosa function and structure.