Predictors of Malignancy and Recommended Follow-Up for Patients with Negative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Suspected Pancreatic Lesions
oleh: Bret J Spier, Eric A Johnson, Deepak V Gopal, Terrence Frick, Michael M Einstein, Siobhan Byrne, Rebecca L Koscik, Jinn-Ing Liou, Terri Broxmeyer, Suzanne M Selvaggi, Patrick R Pfau
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| Diterbitkan: | Wiley 2009-01-01 |
Deskripsi
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can characterize and diagnose pancreatic lesions as malignant, but cannot definitively rule out the presence of malignancy. Outcome data regarding the length of follow-up in patients with negative or nondiagnostic EUS-FNA of pancreatic lesions are not well-established.