Open AccessHistological diagnosis of gastric submucosal tumors: A pilot study of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy vs mucosal cutting biopsy
Author(s) -
Hisatomo Ikehara,
Zhao-Liang Li,
Jiro Watari,
Masato Taki,
Tomohiro Ogawa,
Takahisa Yamasaki,
Takashi Kondo,
Fumihiko Toyoshima,
Tomoaki Kono,
Katsuyuki Tozawa,
Yoshio Ohda,
Toshihiko Tomita,
Tadayuki Oshima,
Hirokazu Fukui,
Ikuo Matsuda,
Seiichi Hirota,
Hiroto Miwa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v7.i14.1142
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , endoscopic ultrasonography , leiomyoma , stromal tumor , submucosa , neuroendocrine tumors , gist , stomach , endoscopy , pathology , stromal cell
To compare the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNAB) without cytology and mucosal cutting biopsy (MCB) in the histological diagnosis of gastric submucosal tumor (SMT).