Fine needle aspiration is a type of biopsy procedure. In fine needle aspiration, a thin needle is inserted into an area of abnormal-appearing tissue or body fluid. As with other types of biopsies, the ...

Background and Aims: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe and accurate technique for diagnosing pancreatic cancer. The value of repeat EUS-FNA in patients with high ...

Different electronic linear scanning endoscopes are commercially available for EUS-FNA ( Table 1). Some of these devices have an elevator that should facilitate the positioning of the needle. When ...

Fine needle aspiration cytology alone is not accurate enough to adequately assess the malignant potential of cystic pancreatic lesions, according to the results of a trial presented at Digestive ...

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an established, minimally invasive diagnostic tool used in the evaluation of salivary gland lesions. By obtaining cellular material through a fine needle, ...

Paul Ehrlich is credited with performing the first percutaneous liver biopsy in 1883 in Germany. 1 After Menghini reported a technique for “one-second needle biopsy of the liver” in 1958, the ...