background: linear endoscopic ultrasonography (eus) is a proven modality for the diagnosis and treatment of different gastrointestinal lesions. the aim of this study was to describe the role of eus-fna in the evaluation of pancreatic and submucosal lesions. materials and methods: over a 1-year period, in a prospective descriptive study, patients referred to naft hospital, underwent linear eus. ...

results thirty-four patients were hyperglycemic and 127 non diabetic. sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of fdg-pet/ct were 90%, 88%, 87% and 91% in non diabetic and 82%, 92%, 95% and 73% in hyperglycemic patients, respectively. overall, the accuracy was higher in non diabetic than hyperglycemic patients (89% vs. 85%). conclusions accuracy of fdg-p...

background: endosonography is a distinct method in evaluating gastrointestinal (gi) structural lesions, particularly in the pancreatobiliary system. this procedure has made a fundamental change in the diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions through fine needle aspiration (fna). this study aims to evaluate the results and efficacy of endosonographic fine needle aspiration (eus-fna) in patients pres...

Background: Sulfur mustard is one of the chemical warfare gases that has been known as a vesicant or blistering agents. It is a chemical alkylating compound agent that can be frequently absorbed through skin, respiratory system, genital tract, and ocular system. This study was done to pathologically analyze the microscopic pancreatic lesions in cadavers. Methods: This case series study was per...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) is useful in the diagnosis for pancreatic tumors or gastric subepithelial lesions (GSEL).

context the current literature suggests that minimally invasive surgery is associated with faster recovery and less morbidity than open surgery. parenchyma-sparing pancreatectomy is minimally invasive surgery, including enucleation, inferior head pancreatectomy, spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy, and central pancreatectomy, combined pancreatectomy such as inferior head pancreatectomy plus...

background: sulfur mustard is one of the chemical warfare gases that has been known as a vesicant or blistering agents. it is a chemical alkylating compound agent that can be frequently absorbed through skin, respiratory system, genital tract, and ocular system. this study was done to pathologically analyze the microscopic pancreatic lesions in cadavers. methods: this case series study was perf...

CONTEXT Pancreatic cancer is often complicated with upper gastrointestinal lesions. However, there have been few endoscopic studies in pancreatic cancer patients. We retrospectively investigated the upper gastrointestinal lesions in patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. METHODS Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed in 75 patients with pancrea...

Although the exact prevalence of cystic pancreatic lesions is unknown, it is estimated to be around 1% of the general population based on large scale observational imaging studies [1]. While cystic pancreatic lesions are increasingly diagnosed due to the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging modalities like computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is not known if th...

Background/Aims: The differential diagnosis of pancreatic solid lesions still remains challenging. Recently, contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CE-EUS) has been developed. The aim of this study is to investigate the accuracy of CEEUS in differentiating pancreatic cancer from benign pancreatic lesions by visualizing pancreatic microvasculature. Method: We prospectively evaluated 1...