title: Review of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology.
abstract: This review, based on the Hennepin County Medical Center experience and review of the literature, vastly covers the up-to-date role of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in evaluating tumorous lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and adjacent organs. Emphasis is given to the tumoral and nodal staging of esophageal, pulmonary, and pancreatic cancer. This review also discusses technical, pathological, and gastroenterologic aspects and the role of the pathologist and endosonographer in the evaluation of these lesions, as well as the corresponding FNA cytology and differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415, USA. ricardo.bardales@co.hennepin.mn.us
authors.forename: Ricardo H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Bardales
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Stelow
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mallery
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*