Predictors of Malignancy and Recommended Follow-Up for Patients with Negative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Suspected Pancreatic Lesions

Autor: Bret J Spier, Eric A Johnson, Deepak V Gopal, Terrence Frick, Michael M Einstein, Siobhan Byrne, Rebecca L Koscik, Jinn-Ing Liou, Terri Broxmeyer, Suzanne M Selvaggi, Patrick R Pfau
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 23, Iss 4, Pp 279-286 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/2009/870323
Popis: BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can characterize and diagnose pancreatic lesions as malignant, but cannot definitively rule out the presence of malignancy. Outcome data regarding the length of follow-up in patients with negative or nondiagnostic EUS-FNA of pancreatic lesions are not well-established.
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