BACKGROUND. The role of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration (EUS‐
FNA) in the evaluation of spindle cell and mesenchymal lesions is unclear. This study …

BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA) seems
to be a powerful tool to obtain cytologic specimens from mediastinal and celiac lymph …

Background Spindle cell neoplasms of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract constitute a wide group
of lesions that may raise diagnostic difficulties on hematoxylin–eosin‐stained slides …

Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA) is an established
procedure in lung cancer (LC) staging and in the diagnosis of mediastinal masses. Most of …

The objective of this study was to evaluate endoscopic ultrasound Trucut biopsy (TCB)
specimens and compare these findings to fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimens for the …

Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided–fine‐needle aspiration (EUS–FNA) is the preferred modality
nowadays for the cytological diagnosis of various mediastinal and gastrointestinal lesions …

Physicians increasingly use transthoracic ultrasound (US) as an aid for diagnostic
procedures. At the bedside, US helps to visualize neoplasms in the chest wall, pleura …

Methods: Retrospective analysis in patients who underwent EUS with biopsies for suspected
SCN at our tertiary referral center between 2004 and 2013. Results: A total of 146 patients …

BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) provides detailed imaging of both intramural
and extramural structures within the abdomen and mediastinum. However, EUS is limited in …

Background The diagnosis of spindle cell neoplasms (SCN) of the upper gastrointestinal
(GI) tract, hepatobiliary tract, and pancreas detected by fine needle aspiration (FNA) is …