Open AccessIdiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography‐guided fine‐needle biopsy
Author(s) -
Kawakami Yujiro,
Takada Yumemi,
Ishigami Keisuke,
Hirano Takehiro,
Wagatsuma Kohei,
Masaki Yoshiharu,
Murota Ayako,
Motoya Masayo,
Tsujiwaki Mitsuhiro,
Takahashi Hiroki,
Nakase Hiroshi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jgh open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2397-9070
DOI - 10.1002/jgh3.12431
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , biopsy , retroperitoneal fibrosis , ultrasonography , ureter , percutaneous , inferior vena cava , percutaneous biopsy , fibrosis , surgery , pathology
We demonstrate a case, in which endoscopic ultrasonography‐guided fine‐needle biopsy (EUS‐FNB) was useful for determining the diagnosis of lesions of retroperitoneal fibrosis. In our case, accessing the retroperitoneal lesions by conventional percutaneous biopsy procedures was not feasible due to the difficulty of avoiding the inferior vena cava and ureter. We believe that our case demonstrates a unique approach for performing histological analysis in a challenging case.