Role of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in adrenal lesions: analysis of 32 patients
Author(s) -
RavindraK Saran,
RakeshK Gupta,
Kaushik Majumdar,
Siddharth Srivastava,
Puja Sakhuja,
VineetaV Batra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/joc.joc_241_16
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenocortical carcinoma , malignancy , incidentaloma , fine needle aspiration , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , adrenal gland , pathological , adenocarcinoma , tuberculosis , cytology , carcinoma , biopsy , pathology , cancer
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (EUS-FNAC) is a precise and safe technique that provides both radiological and pathological diagnosis with a better diagnostic yield and minimal adverse events. EUS-FNAC led to the remarkable increase in the detection rate of incidentaloma found during radiologic staging or follow-up in various malignancy or unrelated conditions.
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