Post written by Antonio Facciorusso, MD, PhD, from the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. In the last decade, several EUS fine-needle biopsy (FNB) sampling needles have been developed, and newer end-cutting FNB needles, which feature alterations of the cutting tip, have been found to outperform other needles in …
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Auxiliary diagnosis of subepithelial lesions by impedance measurement during EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy
Post written by Yosuke Minoda, MD, PhD, from the Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, and the Department of Endoscopic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. This study presents a new method to differentiate a GI stromal tumor (GIST) from a non-GIST in gastric subepithelial lesions (SELs) …
Fluorescence confocal microscopy for rapid evaluation of EUS fine-needle biopsy in pancreatic solid lesions
Post written by Serena Stigliano, MD, PhD, from the Therapeutic Endoscopy Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy. Fluorescence confocal laser microscopy (FCM) allows imaging of tissues in the fresh state, with minimal preparation and without any damage, distortion, or loss of tissue. We recently investigated its use in the evaluation of samples obtained with …
EUS of a submucosal lesion at the appendiceal orifice using a double-balloon endoluminal intervention platform
Post written by Sardar Momin Shah-Khan, MD, from the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. We present the case of a patient referred for EUS evaluation of a submucosal lesion at the appendiceal orifice. We used a double-balloon endoluminal intervention platform to perform both radial and linear EUS with fine-needle …
EUS-guided biopsy of an intraventricular mass in a patient with ventricular tachycardia
Post written by Neal Mehta, MD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This video describes EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) of an intraventricular mass in a 23-year-old woman. The patient presented with unstable ventricular tachycardia requiring cardioversion and initiation of antiarrhythmic therapy. Cardiac MRI demonstrated a 7- x 7- x 3-cm mass, with …
Comparative diagnostic performance of end-cutting fine-needle biopsy needles for EUS tissue sampling of solid pancreatic masses: a network meta-analysis
Post written by Antonio Facciorusso, PhD, from the Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, The Pancreas Institute, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy, and the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. The development of EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (FNB) needles has generated a great deal of interest …
Efficacy of 3 fine-needle biopsy techniques for suspected pancreatic malignancies
Post written by Tae Hoon Lee, MD, PhD, from the Department of Internal Medicine, SoonChunHyang University School of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration/biopsy (EUS-FNA/B) has a high diagnostic accuracy for pancreatic tumors. However, the ability of various FNA/B techniques to obtain an adequate mass of cells or tissue has rarely been investigated, especially in …
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