ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020
A State-of-the-Art Review on the Evolving Utility of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Liver Diseases Diagnosis.
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- Diagnostic and therapeutic role of endoscopic ultrasound in liver diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Pooled it
- Endo-hepatology: Bridging the gap between lumen and liver.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Sampling for the Cytohistological Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Endohepatology: Arrival at the frontier of interventional endosonography.World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Endohepatology: The endoscopic armamentarium in the hand of the hepatologist.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2024Review
- Role of endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition in diagnosing hepatic focal lesions.World journal of methodology · 2023Article
- Role of endoscopic ultrasound in the field of hepatology: Recent advances and future trends.World journal of hepatology · 2021Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy: needle types and suction methods.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2021Article
- Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Liver Disease: Where Do We Stand?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Diagnostic and interventional EUS in hepatology: An updated review.Endoscopic ultrasoundReview
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Biopsy of Liver Tumors.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Endohepatology in clinical practice: EUS-guided portal pressure measurement combined with EUS-guided liver biopsy and variceal screening and treatment in outpatients.Endoscopic ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
Liver diseases are amongst the most common diseases worldwide and manifest as a parenchymatic and/or biliary injury due to several causes as well as focal liver lesions, ranging from benign to malignant ones. The diagnosis of liver diseases is based mainly on biochemical and advanced imaging studies and, when required, on liver biopsy. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), which combines endoscopy and ultrasonography, is one of the main examination techniques used in gastroenterology as it is applied to evaluate abnormalities in the lumen of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract and to define pancreatic and hepato-biliary features, often in chronic patients. Given its high spatial resolution and its proximity to the liver, EUS is gaining popularity in the diagnostic work up of liver diseases. This is a comprehensive overview of the current literature on the diagnostic indications for EUS use in patients with liver diseases. We performed a MEDLINE\PubMed and Embase search, and all articles that were relevant, after reviewing abstracts, were assessed and the full text was analyzed to extract data regarding technical success, diagnostic yield, bioptic characteristics, and complications rate. EUS-guided imaging and biopsy techniques in liver diseases have shown consistent favorable promising results among the reports through the literature, with an excellent diagnostic yield and safety profile, especially in the context of focal lesions and portal hypertension. The application of EUS in the diagnosis of liver diseases is a promising technique and should be considered as a first-line therapeutic option in selected cases.
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