Features of chronic pancreatitis by endoscopic ultrasound influence the diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of small pancreatic lesions.
Yusuke KuritaTakamichi KuwaharaKazuo HaraNobumasa MizunoNozomi OkunoShimpei MatsumotoMasahiro ObataHiroki KodaMasahiro TajikaYasuhiro ShimizuAtsushi NakajimaKensuke KubotaYasumasa NiwaPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2019)
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided FNA offers high accuracy for small pancreatic lesions ≤10 mm. However, in cases with CP, the diagnostic ability of EUS-FNA is significantly reduced.