Rapid On-Site Evaluation by Endosonographers during Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration for Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Background/Aims Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has been used to diagnose gastrointestinal submucosal tumors (SMTs). Although rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE) has been reported to improve the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-FNA for pancreatic lesions, on-site cytopatholo...

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Main Authors: Takashi Tamura, Yasunobu Yamashita, Kazuki Ueda, Yuki Kawaji, Masahiro Itonaga, Shin-ichi Murata, Kaori Yamamoto, Takeichi Yoshida, Hiroki Maeda, Takao Maekita, Mikitaka Iguchi, Hideyuki Tamai, Masao Ichinose, Jun Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hoon Jai Chun 2017-07-01
Series:Clinical Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2016-083.pdf