(1) Background: The accurate diagnosis of esophageal strictures is quite critical for
optimizing medical intervention. However, the diagnosis of suspicious malignant …

Background Endoscopic biopsy is standard for the diagnosis of esophageal malignancy.
However, few cases are difficult to diagnose as they present with smooth esophageal …

Background and Aim Endoscopic biopsy is standard for the diagnosis of esophageal
malignancy. However, few cases present with smooth stricture with repetitive negative …

Interventions: According to the pathologic diagnosis obtained by EUS-FNA, surgery or
radiotherapy were recommended for this patient. Eventually, this patient elected to seek …

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) is emerging as a
critical technology in the evaluation of mediastinal lesions and is increasingly regarded as …

Objectives Accurate staging of esophageal cancer has important prognostic and
management implications. Before the development of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) …

Background Patients presenting with dysphagia with computed tomography (CT)
demonstrating thickened oesophageal wall and endoscopy revealing stricture with normal …

抄録 背景: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopse (EUS-FNAB) の基本概念は,
体表から行われる超音波や CT ガイドの組織生検と同様の手技を, EUS イメージガイドに行うことで …

Aims: There are few data on the use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for the biopsy of
suspected malignant lesions of the lung. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Results: Forty-two consecutive patients (24 men, 18 women; mean age 59.7 years)
underwent EUS-FNA of extraintestinal mass lesions and intramural gastrointestinal tumors …