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Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of the pancreas complicated by pancreatic ascites
Author(s) -
Rosenbaum David A.,
Frost Daniel B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900601)65:11<2537::aid-cncr2820651124>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , pancreas , ascites , complication , radiology , aspiration biopsy , fine needle aspiration , fine needle aspiration cytology , pancreatic disease , surgery , general surgery
A case is reported of a patient with pancreatic carcinoma who developed pancreatic ascites after intraoperative fine‐needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) biopsy. This complication of FNAC has not previously been reported to the authors' knowledge. The literature is reviewed, and FNAC is shown to be the safest method of pancreatic biopsy, the present report not withstanding.