Open AccessPseudo solid-appearing pancreatic serous microcystic adenomas: Histologic diagnosis with the EUS core biopsy fork-tip needle
Author(s) -
Erminia Manfrin,
Claudia Perini,
Serena Di Stefano,
Laura Bernardoni,
Alice Parisi,
Luca Frulloni,
Sokol Sina,
Andrea Remo,
Armando Gabbrielli,
Stefano Francesco Crinò
Publication year - 2019
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/eus.eus_11_19
Subject(s) - medicine , serous fluid , biopsy , radiology , serous cystadenoma , magnetic resonance imaging , positron emission tomography , pathology , neuroendocrine tumors
Despite rarely, serous cystic adenoma (SCA) can assume a pseudo-solid aspect mimicking other pancreatic neoplasm as neuroendocrine tumor. EUS-FNA cytology has low diagnostic accuracy due to the scant cellularity of the collected samples. Histological diagnosis is usually made after resection. Recently, end-cutting needles for EUS-fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB), which obtain tissue cores by penetrating the lesions, have been developed. We aimed to assess the capability of EUS-FNB with SharkCore™ needles in the preoperative diagnosis of serous cystic adenoma pseudo-solid-appearing on imaging (Sa-SCA).