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

Shahzad Iqbal | Zendy; David Friedel | Zendy; Mala Gupta | Zendy; Lorna Ogden | Zendy; Stavros N. Stavropoulos | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Shahzad Iqbal,

David Friedel,

Mala Gupta,

Lorna Ogden,

Stavros N. Stavropoulos

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

pathology research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2090-8091

pISSN - 2042-003X

DOI - 10.1155/2012/317167

Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasound , fine needle aspiration , cytopathology , radiology , lesion , modality (human–computer interaction) , cytology , biopsy , pathology , human–computer interaction , computer science

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 diagnosis is based upon the correlation of clinical, EUS, and cytologic features. A close interaction with the cytopathologist is required in improving the diagnostic yield. In this paper, we present an overview of the role of EUS-guided FNA and importance of close interaction with the cytopathologist. Day to day examples of different solid pancreatic lesions have been presented at the end.

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