EUS-guided FNA of solid pancreas tumors.
Although endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is considered superior to MRI and CT in detecting pancreatic masses, it is the ability to target and place a needle into suspicious lesions that has made EUS indispensible in the evaluation of patients with solid pancreatic tumors. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided-fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is an accurate and safe technique to confirm the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. EUS-FNA is now the principal technique applied to obtain the diagnosis of malignancy. We have designed this article to address a number of the key technical aspects of EUS-FNA of solid pancreatic masses.
Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital Orlando, 601 East Rollins Street, Orlando, FL 32803, USA.
Muhammad K
MK
Hasan
Robert H
RH
Hawes
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
D004396:Coloring Agents