[Ultrasound-guided biopsy of the pancreas: a multicenter study].
OBJECTIVE
Members of "Asociación de Ecografía Digestiva" decided to carry out a multicenter retrospective study on fine-needle aspiration biopsy for pancreatic space-occupying lesions under ultrasonographic guidance and via the percutaneous route in order to assess this technique s performance versus endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy.


METHODS
10 hospitals for a total of 222 patients with suspiciously malignant, 8-120-mm pancreatic lesions were included in the study.


RESULTS
The analysis of results shows a sensitivity of 89%, a specificity of 98%, a positive predictive value of 99%, and a negative predictive value of 74%, for an overall diagnostic accuracy of 91%. No major complications occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic lesions is highly cost-effective and has few and mild complications.
Garre Sánchez
M C
MC
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia. c.garre@ono.com
Rendón Unceta
P
P
López Cano
A
A
Gómez Rubio
M
M
de Cuenca Morón
B
B
Segura Cabral
J M
JM
Crespo Sánchez
M
M
Gil Grande
L A
LA
Varas Lorenzo
M J
MJ
Just Timoneda
J
J
Gómez Rodríguez
R
R
Galcera Tomás
J
J
Abraldes Bechiarelli
A
A
Macías Rodríguez
M
M
Muñoz Benvenuty
A
A
Tejada Cabrera
M
M
Olveira
A
A
Palacios Lázaro
E
E
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography