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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Direct Comparison of Elastography Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine-Needle Aspiration and B-Mode Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine-Needle Aspiration in Diagnosing Solid Pancreatic Lesions.

Marcel Gheorghiu, Zeno Sparchez, Ioana Rusu, Sorana D Bolboacă, Radu Seicean, Cristina Pojoga, Andrada Seicean

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography-guided fine needle aspiration for solid pancreatic lesions: Down but not out!Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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  3. Comparison of standardWorld journal of methodology · 2025
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  6. Patients' Knowledge About the Endoscopic UltrasoundGuided Fine Needle Aspiration of Pancreas Is Not Enough.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marcel GheorghiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400192 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1886-8791
Zeno SparchezDepartment of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400192 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioana RusuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400192 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sorana D BolboacăDepartment of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2342-4311
Radu SeiceanFirst Surgical Department, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400005 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristina PojogaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology "Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor", 400192 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Andrada SeiceanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400192 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROBabeș-Bolyai University · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elastography endoscopic ultrasound (E-EUS) has been proved to be a valuable supplement to endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in differentiating solid pancreatic lesions, but the improvement of EUS-FNA guided during E-EUS has not been proven. Our study aimed to evaluate whether E-EUS fine-needle aspiration (E-EUS-FNA) was superior to B-mode EUS-FNA for the diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses and whether the diagnostic rate was affected by specific factors. Our prospective study was conducted between 2019-2020 by recruiting patients with solid pancreatic masses. E-EUS examination was followed by one pass of E-EUS-FNA towards the blue part of the lesion and a second pass of EUS-FNA. The final diagnosis was based on surgery, E-EUS-FNA or EUS-FNA results, or a 12-month follow-up. Sixty patients with solid pancreatic lesions were evaluated. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for diagnosing malignancy using E-EUS-FNA and EUS-FNA were 89.5%, 100%, 90%, 93%, 100%, and 93.3%, respectively, but the differences were not significant. Neither mass location nor the lesion size influenced the results. The lengths of the core obtained during E-EUS-FNA and EUS-FNA were similar. E-EUS-FNA in solid pancreatic lesions was not superior to B-mode EUS-FNA.

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Elasticity Imaging TechniquesPancreatic NeoplasmsEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationHumansPancreasProspective Studiesdiagnosticelastographyendoscopic ultrasound (EUS)EUS-FNA (endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration)fine needle aspiration (FNA)histologypancreatic cancer

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