Touch imprint cytology on endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle biopsy provides comparable sample quality and diagnostic yield to standard endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration specimens in the evaluation of solid pancreatic lesions.
Stefano Francesco CrinòAlberto LarghiLaura BernardoniAlice ParisiLuca FrulloniArmando GabbrielliPietro ParcesepeAldo ScarpaErminia ManfrinPublished in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2018)
EUS-FNB-TIC provides comparable samples to those of EUS-FNA-SC and combines the benefits of cytology and histology for the evaluation of SPLs by employing a single needle during the same endoscopic procedure.