Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract Lesions

Table 1 Summary of the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic and biliary tract lesions

Diagnosis of focal malignant and benign liver lesions

Diagnosis of malignant biliary stricture and neoplasia

Preoperative staging of hepatocellular carcinoma and lymph node metastasis

Ablation of focal malignant and benign liver lesions

Liver biopsy

Fluid acquisition and biopsy of peritoneal and omental deposits

Drainage of intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tree

Drainage of hepatic abscesses