Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy: Diagnostic yield, pitfalls, quality management. Part 2: Opportunities of differential diagnosis, pitfalls, and problem solutions;Endosonografisch gestützte biopsie: Diagnostischer ertrag, fallstricke, qualitätssicherung. Teil 2: Differenzialdiagnostische möglichkeiten, fallstricke und problemlösungen

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 897-908

  Jenssen, Christian ^a,e   Moller K ^b   Wagner, S ^c   Sarbia, M ^d  

^a Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland GmbH

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

^c Königs Wusterhausen ^*

^d Gemeinschaftspraxis Pathologie und Zytologie   (Germany)

^e Klinik für Innere Medizin Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS); Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS FNA); Endoscopic ultrasound guided trucut biopsy (EUS TCB); Pitfalls; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; BIOPSY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 54049133751     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027419     Document Type: Review

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