Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy Needles Provide Higher Diagnostic Yield Compared to Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Needles When Sampling Solid Pancreatic Lesions: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Background/Aims Studies comparing the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) for solid pancreatic lesions have been inconclusive with no clear superiority ...
Benjamin D. Renelus +4 more
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Mediastinal syndrome from plasmablastic lymphoma in human immunodeficiency virus and human herpes virus 8 negative patient with polycythemia vera: a case report [PDF]
Background: Plasmoblastic lymphoma is a rare and aggressive subtype of diffuse large B cell lymphoma, which occurs usually in the jaw of immunocompromised subjects.
Anzalone, A. +13 more
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy in ophthalmology
When noninvasive techniques fail to confirm or rule out the suspicion of a malignant lesion, fine needle aspiration biopsy may provide an efficient, economical and relatively safe method of obtaining material for cytological study. The technique may also be valuable for intraoperative morphological evaluation.
MIDENA, EDOARDO +3 more
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Point‐of‐care ultrasound scan as the primary modality for evaluating parotid tumors
Objectives This study aimed to explore ultrasonography as a single imaging modality for the initial assessment of parotid lesions compared to computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods A retrospective cross‐sectional study was
Jennifer L. Harb +3 more
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Purpose: To assess the success of determining malignancy in subsolid lung nodules by fine needle aspirate of CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy. Material and method: This IRB approved retrospective study analyzed CTguided transthoracic needle biopsy ...
Nantaka Kiranantawat +7 more
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FNAC Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is rare in Nepal although visceral leishmaniasis and post-kalazar dermal leishmansis have frequently been reported. Diagnosis is often made in skin biopsy.
Abhimanyu Jha, Dipendra Gurung
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An unusual unifocal presentation of Castleman’s disease in a young woman with a detailed description of sonographic findings to reduce diagnostic uncertainty: a case report [PDF]
Background: Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. It typically presents as mediastinal masses and causes a wide range of clinical symptoms.
Maden, Zerrin, Wagner, Norbert
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Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the liver [PDF]
Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy of focal liver lesions was performed in 36 patients. Of the biopsies, 83% yielded enough cytologic material for a correct diagnosis, without significant complications. The primary indication for the biopsy was to document the presence of malignancy and avoid a diagnostic laparotomy.
J.M. Lukeman +3 more
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This long‐term follow‐up study determined survival rates in a Swedish national cohort of 417 patients with breast cancer who all had neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed before NAST in clinically node‐negative and after NAST in clinically node‐positive patients.
L. Zetterlund +4 more
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Aim: The aim of the study was to review two techniques that can be used to verify focal lesions in the breasts: fine-needle aspiration biopsy and core-needle biopsy.
Ewa Łukasiewicz +5 more
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