Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration versus biopsy for diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: Systematic review and comparative meta-analysis.

Seung Bae Yoon Sung Hoon MoonTae Jun SongJong Hyeok KimMyung-Hwan Kim

Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2020)

The diagnostic yield may be better with FNB needles than with FNA needles for the diagnosis of AIP, despite the similar rate of histologic tissue procurement. A quantitative definition for the histologic sample adequacy for AIP may be warranted.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
systematic review
meta analyses
multiple sclerosis
randomized controlled trial
high resolution
mass spectrometry