Open AccessEfforts to improve the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic tumors
Author(s) -
Akane Yamabe,
Atsushi Irisawa,
Manoop S. Bhutani,
Goro Shibukawa,
Mariko Fujisawa,
Ai Sato,
Yuichiro Yoshida,
Noriyuki Arakawa,
Tsunehiko Ikeda,
Ryo Igarashi,
Takumi Maki,
Shozo Yamamoto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/2303-9027.187862
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasound , fine needle aspiration , diagnostic accuracy , radiology , medical physics , biopsy
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is widely used to obtain a definitive diagnosis of pancreatic tumors. Good results have been reported for its diagnostic accuracy, with high sensitivity and specificity of around 90%; however, technological developments and adaptations to improve it still further are currently underway. The endosonographic technique can be improved when several tips and tricks useful to overcome challenges of EUS-FNA are known. This review provides various techniques and equipment for improvement in the diagnostic accuracy in EUS-FNA.