Open AccessCytologic diagnosis of gastric submucosal lesions by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration: A single center experience in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Emad Raddaoui,
Majid A Almadi,
Abdulrahman Aljebreen,
Faisal Alsaif
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.168868
Subject(s) - medicine , gist , endoscopic ultrasound , cytology , fine needle aspiration , radiology , biopsy , stromal cell , pathology
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) sampling has become standard practice for the diagnosis of submucosal gastrointestinal (GI) lesions. The aim of this study was to determine the utility of EUS-guided FNA cytology in the diagnosis of deeply seated gastric mass lesions.