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

Table 2 Summary of the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of focal hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract lesions

Study, year, number	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Diagnosticaccuracy (%)
Focal malignant liver lesions
DeWitt et al[4], 2003, n = 77	82-94	-	-
Hollerbach et al[11], 2003, n = 44	94	100	-
Singh et al[16], 2007, n = 17	89	100	94
	CT (71)	67	69
	MR (86)	100	92
Prachayakul et al[19], 2012, n = 14	78.5	-	-
Malignant biliary tract and gallbladder lesions
Garrow et al[35], 2007, 36 studies, n = 3532	78	84	90
Nayar et al[36], 2011, n = 32	52	100	68
Fritscher-Ravens et al[37], 2004, n = 44	89	100	91
Weilert et al[41], 2014, n = 51	94	100	94
	ERCP brushing (50)	100	53
Mohamadnejad et al[42], 2011, n = 228	73	-	-
	ERCP brushing (27)		-
Tummala et al[43], 2013, n = 342	91.5	-	92.4
Meara et al[57], 2006, n = 53	80	100	-
	ERCP brushing (13)	75	-

CT: Computed tomography; MR: Magnetic resonance; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography.