Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2017.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2017; 23(30): 5610-5618
Published online Aug 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i30.5610
Figure 1
Figure 1 The procedures of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration. A: Endoscopic ultrasound view of the cyst, showing a 46.0 mm2 × 39.0 mm2 cyst in pancreatic neck; B: Puncture of the cyst with a 19-guage needle and aspiration of the cystic fluid; C: Specimen of cystic fluid, sent for cytology and biochemical analysis; D: Histopathological image of cystic fluid cytology, diagnosed with serous cystic neoplasm (H and E, × 100); E: Histopathological image of cystic fluid cytology (H and E, × 200); F: Histopathological image of biopsy of the cystic wall of the same cyst (H and E, × 10); G: Histopathological image of biopsy of the cystic wall of the same cyst (H and E, × 40).
Figure 2
Figure 2 Study flowchart. ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS-FNA: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration; PCLs: Pancreatic cystic lesions.