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25.04.2017 | Trick of the Trade
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of extra-rectal lesions
verfasst von:
J. Lim, S. A. Norton, N. A. Wong, M. G. Thomas
Erschienen in:
Techniques in Coloproctology
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Ausgabe 5/2017
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Excerpt
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is well established for the imaging of upper gastrointestinal extra-luminal lesions with fine needle aspiration (FNA) used to obtain histology or cytology samples [
1]. The technique has also been used for lesions adjacent to the wall of the colon [
2]. We report our experience of five consecutive cases where EUS-FNA facilitated significant changes to the management of patients with colorectal disease. …