Predictors of Malignancy and Recommended Follow-Up for Patients with Negative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Suspected Pancreatic Lesions

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

doi:10.1155/2009/870323

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)

Predictors of Malignancy and Recommended Follow-Up for Patients with Negative Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Suspected Pancreatic Lesions

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

Affiliations

Bret J Spier: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Eric A Johnson: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Deepak V Gopal: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Terrence Frick: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Michael M Einstein: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Siobhan Byrne: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Rebecca L Koscik: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Jinn-Ing Liou: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Terri Broxmeyer: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Suzanne M Selvaggi: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Patrick R Pfau: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/870323
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 4
pp. 279 – 286

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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