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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Gallbladder Lesions.

Senju Hashimoto, Kazunori Nakaoka, Naoto Kawabe, Teiji Kuzuya, Kohei Funasaka, Mitsuo Nagasaka, Yoshihito Nakagawa, Ryoji Miyahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Yoshiki Hirooka

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Porcelain gallbladder revisited.Journal of ultrasound · 2026
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  11. The Double-Max method: a novel method for gallbladder epithelial biopsy.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Senju HashimotoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3581-2004
Kazunori NakaokaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Naoto KawabeDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Teiji KuzuyaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2229-990X
Kohei FunasakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3869-1420
Mitsuo NagasakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Yoshihito NakagawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Ryoji MiyaharaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Tomoyuki ShibataDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.
Yoshiki HirookaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake 470-1192, Aichi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9639-7425

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gallbladder (GB) diseases represent various lesions including gallstones, cholesterol polyps, adenomyomatosis, and GB carcinoma. This review aims to summarize the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the diagnosis of GB lesions. EUS provides high-resolution images that can improve the diagnosis of GB polypoid lesions, GB wall thickness, and GB carcinoma staging. Contrast-enhancing agents may be useful for the differential diagnosis of GB lesions, but the evidence of their effectiveness is still limited. Thus, further studies are required in this area to establish its usefulness. EUS combined with fine-needle aspiration has played an increasing role in providing a histological diagnosis of GB tumors in addition to GB wall thickness.

Indexed as

contrast-enhanced EUSdifferential diagnosisendoscopic ultrasound (EUS)EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)gallbladder carcinomapolypoid lesionstaging of gallbladder carcinomawall-thickening

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PMID34679486
PMCPMC8534965

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