EUS-FNA for the Diagnosis of Retroperitoneal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
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EUS-FNA for the Diagnosis of Retroperitoneal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is a rare "small round blue cell tumor" that is diagnosed by open biopsy or percutaneous biopsy of the lesion under radiologic guidance. In this case report, we present a novel approach to the diagnosis of a retroperitoneal PNET by endoscopic ultrasound- (EUS-) guided fine needle aspiration (FNA). A 35-year-old man presented with the history of left-sided ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1070-3608,1029-0516
DOI: 10.1155/2011/198029