title: Diagnosis and staging of hepatocellular carcinoma by EUS-FNA of a portal vein thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bardales
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D019160:Endosonography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*