Contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions: a retrospective study.

The negative predictive value of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions remains low, and the biopsy specimens are sometimes inadequate for appropriate pathological diagnosis.To evaluate the usefulness of a novel method of contrast-enhan...

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Main Authors: Xiaojia Hou, Zhendong Jin, Can Xu, Minmin Zhang, Jianwei Zhu, Fei Jiang, Zhaoshen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368099?pdf=render