Role of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsies in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms in the paediatric population: experience from a tertiary center and review of the literature

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS FNAB) is a well established diagnostic method in adult patients, but is rarely used in the paediatric population. The Clinical Department of Gastroenterology at the University Clinical Centre Ljubljana and the Department of Cytopathology at the Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, have been closely collaborating on EUS FNAB since the introduction in 2010. The aim of the study was to review the cases of EUS FNAB of pancreatic neoplasms in children.

Keywords

• fine needle aspiration biopsy
• endoscopic ultrasound
• pancreatic neoplasm
• paediatric pathology