ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy versus Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions: Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison.
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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
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- Endo-Hepatology: Paradigm Shift in Endosonographic Diagnosis for Liver Disease to Digestive Endoscopy.Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society · 2026Review
- Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Management of Liver Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Comparative diagnostic efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic biopsy and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy for gallbladder tumors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Comparison of Franseen and novel tricore needles for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in a porcine liver model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy of Focal Liver Lesions: An Effective Mini-Invasive Alternative to the Percutaneous Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Sampling for the Cytohistological Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for the diagnosis of focal liver lesion.World journal of radiology · 2024Review
- Current status and issues in genomic analysis using EUS-FNA/FNB specimens in hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers.Journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Distinct ways to perform a liver biopsy: The core technique setups and updated understanding of these modalities.Endoscopic ultrasoundReview
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition beyond the pancreas.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) or fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) from focal liver lesions are indicated in selected cases, but there has been no previous comparison of needle types of the same size. The aim of our study was to compare the histologic diagnostic accuracy and adequacy of cores obtained with EUS-FNB needles in contrast to those obtained with FNA needles in focal liver lesions. This prospective one-center study included patients with left lobe hepatic focal lesions with contraindications for percutaneous liver biopsy or need for EUS for concomitant lesions. Each patient had one pass of 22G EUS-FNB (Franseen) needle and one pass of 22G EUS-FNA in a crossover manner, without macroscopic on-site evaluation. Each sample was analyzed separately for histologic adequacy and diagnosis. The final diagnosis was based on histology results or on imaging follow-up in the case of negative biopsies. The EUS-FNB samples (n = 30) were found to be more adequate for histologic analysis, with more cellularity and longer tissue aggregates than the EUS-FNA samples (n = 30). The accuracy of EUS-FNB was 100%, whereas that of EUS-FNA was 86.7% (
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