ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology2017
Safety and utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of focal splenic lesions: a retrospective analysis.
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- EUS-guided and US-guided percutaneous splenic biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of separately pooled diagnostic and safety outcomes.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for splenic lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration/Biopsy for Splenic Lesions: A Highly Accurate and Safe Diagnostic Tool.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Current perspectives on the diversification of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and biopsy.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2024Review
- Primary leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas with metastasis to the spleen.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2023Article
- Isolated Splenic Metastasis of Primary Lung Cancer Presented as Metachronous Oligometastatic Disease-A Case Report.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition of splenic lesions: systematic review with pooled analysis.Gastroenterology report · 2022Article
- Septic shock due toWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Complications of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Sarcoidosis with Splenic Involvement Diagnosed with Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFine-needle aspiration (FNA) of focal splenic lesions (FSL) is usually done under ultrasound (US) or computed tomography guidance. Endoscopic US (EUS), because of its ability to provide high-resolution images, can be used for aspirating FSL. We studied the safety and efficacy of EUS-guided FNA of FSL.
methodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of patients with FSL undergoing EUS-guided FNA over the last six years.
resultsEUS-guided FNA was performed in 16 patients (age: 28-43 years; male: 11). A 22-G needle was used in 13 patients, a 25-G needle in 2 patients, and a 19-G needle in 1 patient. All patients had abdominal pain, with 6 patients also having fever. On EUS, 8 patients had focal hypoechoic lesion/lesions, whereas 8 patients had focal cystic lesion/lesions. The size of the focal lesions ranged from 0.8-10 cm. EUS-guided aspiration was performed successfully in all patients. The cytology was adequate in all patients and a diagnosis was established in 13 (81%) patients. The final diagnosis in patients with hypoechoic lesions was tuberculosis in 6 patients and sarcoidosis in 2 patients. The final diagnosis in patients with cystic lesions was pseudocyst in 5 patients and simple cyst in 3 patients. One patient with splenic pseudocyst had a massive hemorrhage from a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm 7 days after FNA. No other major complication was encountered.
conclusionEUS-guided FNA of FSL is safe and provides adequate material for cytological examination, even in the case of small lesions.
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