Endoscopic-Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration and the Role of the Cytopathologist in Solid Pancreatic Lesion Diagnosis

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is the most sensitive imaging modality for solid pancreatic lesions. The specificity, however, is low (about 75%). It can be increased to 100% with an accuracy of 95% by the addition of fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Cytopathology plays an important role. The final diagnos...

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Shahzad, Friedel, David, Gupta, Mala, Ogden, Lorna, Stavropoulos, Stavros N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/317167

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