ArticleGastroenterology & hepatology2015
EUS-Guided Needle-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: A Novel Technique With Emerging Applications.
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- Endoscopic Ultrasound for the Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Perspectives.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- Exploring the new Kyoto guidelines for managing pancreatic cysts: an overview and comparison with previous guidelines.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Review
- Endoscopic techniques for the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Sound waves of progress: advancing endoscopic ultrasound in pediatric gastroenterology.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Diagnostics and Management of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions-New Techniques and Guidelines.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The role of confocal laser endomicroscopy in pulmonary medicine.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Review
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- Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in the Diagnosis of Biliary and Pancreatic Disorders: A Systematic Analysis.Clinical endoscopy · 2022Article
- SAGES TAVAC safety and efficacy analysis confocal laser endomicroscopy.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Review
- Confocal endomicroscopy for evaluation of pancreatic cystic lesions: a systematic review and international Delphi consensus report.Endoscopy international open · 2020Article
- Current Status of Needles in the Optimization of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Procedures.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Fluorescence-guided fiber-optic micronavigation using microscopic identification of vascular boundary of liver segment and tumors.Theranostics · 2020Article
- Recent advancement in EUS-guided fine needle sampling.Journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Current indications and yield of endoscopic ultrasound and ancillary techniques in pancreatic cystic neoplasms.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2019Review
- Confocal laser endomicroscopy reveals alterations in duodenal permeability in patients with acute pancreatitis.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Article
- Epidermoid cyst within an intrapancreatic accessory spleen.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
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- Endoscopic ultrasound guided needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy in solid pancreatic masses - a prospective validation study.Endoscopy international open · 2018Article
- Maximizing the endosonography: The role of contrast harmonics, elastography and confocal endomicroscopy.World journal of gastroenterology · 2017Review
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has emerged as an excellent tool for imaging the gastrointestinal tract, as well as surrounding structures. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has become the standard of care for the tissue sampling of a variety of masses and lymph nodes within and around the gut, providing further diagnostic and staging information. Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is a novel endoscopic method that enables imaging at a subcellular level of resolution during endoscopy, allowing up to 1000-fold magnification of tissue and providing an optical biopsy. A new procedure that has been developed in the past few years is needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (nCLE), which involves a mini-CLE probe that can be passed through a 1 9-gauge needle during EUS-FNA. This enables the real-time visualization of tissue at a microscopic level, with the potential to further improve the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-FNA. The device has been studied in animals as well as in humans, and the results so far have been promising. Recently, this method has also been used for the visualization of regulatory proteins and receptors in the pancreas, setting a cornerstone for nCLE in molecular imaging. The aim of this article is to review the role of EUS-guided nCLE in modern endoscopy and its implications in molecular imaging.
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