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Current endoscopic ultrasound-guided approach to incidental subepithelial lesions: optimal or optional?
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- [Diagnosis and Management of Asymptomatic Upper Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Lesions].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2026Guideline
- Systematic review of giant gastric lipomas reported since 1980 and report of two new cases in a review of 117110 esophagogastroduodenoscopies.World journal of gastroenterology · 2017Pooled it
- Curative endoscopic resection of giant esophageal dedifferentiated liposarcoma: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided transperineal core-needle biopsy versus endoscopic forceps biopsy in the diagnosis of complex rectal lesions.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
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- Towards targeted colorectal cancer biopsy based on tissue morphology assessment by compression optical coherence elastography.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Management of gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions: an answer to the conflicting opinions.Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench · 2023Review
- Splenic aneurysm presented as gastric subepithelial lesion.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2021Article
- Diagnosis of Pancreatic Solid Lesions, Subepithelial Lesions, and Lymph Nodes Using Endoscopic Ultrasound.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Recent advances in the management of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.World journal of clinical cases · 2020Review
- Evaluation of Upper Endoscopic and Endoscopic Ultrasound Features in the Differential Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Leiomyomas in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.Visceral medicine · 2020Article
- Efficacy of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy in Gastric Subepithelial Tumors Located in the Cardia.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration and Biopsy in Gastrointestinal Subepithelial Tumors.Clinical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Rectal Endoscopic Ultrasound in Clinical Practice.Current gastroenterology reports · 2019Review
- Predictive Factors for Inaccurate Diagnosis of Swollen Lymph Nodes in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration.Clinical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Lesion size determines diagnostic yield of EUS-FNA with onsite cytopathologic evaluation for upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2018Article
- Present status and perspectives of endosonography 2017 in gastroenterology.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2018Review
- Gastric lipoma: an unusual cause of dyspeptic symptoms.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
- Efficiency and safety of endoscopic resection in the management of subepithelial lesions of the stomach.United European gastroenterology journal · 2016Article
- Advances in endoscopic ultrasound imaging of colorectal diseases.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016Review
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Abstract
Subepithelial lesions (SEL) are identified during endoscopic procedures on a regular basis. They can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and are located beneath the normal epithelial layer, which explains why a tissue diagnosis is difficult to obtain with routine biopsies. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is used to further characterize these lesions. EUS can distinguish intramural lesion from extramural compression. Furthermore, it allows allocation of intramural lesions to a specific layer of the GI wall and offers additional information as to whether a lesion could be benign or malignant. EUS also assists in choosing the optimal means of tissue acquisition. The choice of tissue acquisition is based on a number of factors, such as tumor size, EUS features, and location within the GI tract or within a specific layer of the GI wall. Furthermore, local expertise and patient factors should be considered when deciding whether tissue acquisition, surgical intervention or follow up is recommended. In this review we offer an EUS-guided approach to the evaluation of incidental SEL based on current evidence and point out areas of uncertainty, which explain why the proposed algorithmic approach may be optional rather than optimal.
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