[Complex x-ray, gastroscopic and cytological diagnosis of malignant gastric ulcer].

Under discussion are some aspects of the diagnosis of malignant gastric ulcers established by means of a complex gastrologic examination of patients with ulcerous pathology of the stomach. Errors, difficulties and possibilities of roentgenological, gastroscopic and cytologic methods for recognition of malignant gastric ulcers are analysed. It is emphasized that cytological assay is highly efficient in ascertaining a malignant nature of the ulcer. A careful complex investigation of patient with gastric ulcer is felt to be indispensable to recognize its early stages.