Open AccessSevere Infectious Complications after Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Suspected Mediastinal Duplication Cysts: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Piero V. Valli,
Christoph Gubler,
Peter Bauerfeind
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000464327
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , malignancy , cyst , radiology , gene duplication , endoscopic ultrasound , mediastinum , cytology , surgery , biopsy , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
The role of cyst cytology to diagnose mediastinal duplication cysts remains controversial. Since endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of duplication cysts has been considered as safe so far, there are only a few case reports of infections following FNA.
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