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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Nov 15, 2014; 6(11): 420-429
Published online Nov 15, 2014. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v6.i11.420
Published online Nov 15, 2014. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v6.i11.420
Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hepatic, gallbladder and biliary tract Lesions
Ghassan M Hammoud, Ashraf Almashhrawi, Jamal A Ibdah, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, United States
Author contributions: Hammoud GM and Almashhrawi A wrote the manuscript; Ibdah JA edited and revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Jamal A Ibdah, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 230 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO 65212, United States. ibdahj@health.missouri.edu
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Received: July 28, 2014
Revised: October 3, 2014
Accepted: October 23, 2014
Published online: November 15, 2014
Revised: October 3, 2014
Accepted: October 23, 2014
Published online: November 15, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: The present article reviews the usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in patients with focal liver and biliary tract lesions. We conducted MEDLINE search using the terms “endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration”, “focal liver lesions” and “biliary tract lesions”, “EUS and biliary stricture”, EUS and focal liver mass”, “EUS and cholangiocarcinoma” and “EUS and gallbladder” to retrieve articles published between 1999 to 2014.