title: Fine needle aspiration biopsy of the pancreas.
abstract: This article covers basic topics such as indications, contraindications, techniques and complications. Individual sections focus on the differential diagnosis between adenocarcinoma and benign or reactive processes, diagnosis of pancreatic endocrine tumors, and the diagnosis of cystic lesions using pancreatic cyst fluid analysis including cytopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. Centeno.Barbara@mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Centeno
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000473:pathology