Providing on-site diagnosis of malignancy on endoscopic-ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirates: should it be done?

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-181

  Jhala, Nirag C ^a   Eltoum, Isam A ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^b   Meara, Regina ^a   Chhieng, David C ^a   Crowe, D Ralph ^a   Jhala, Darshana ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Bile duct; Diagnosis; Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Gastrointestinal tract; Liver; Lymph node; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOGENESIS AND MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247863899     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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