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Traitement des biopsies obtenues par ponction-biopsie à l’aiguille fine sous écho-endoscopie (EUS-FNA). Expérience de l’ «Hospital Clinic» de Barcelone

The management of specimens obtained by EUS-FNA. Experience of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

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La ponction à l’aiguille fine sous échoendoscopie (EUS-FNA) représente un changement radical dans la pratique de nombreux cytopathologistes. Bien qu’ils soient habitués à interpréter des ponctions à l’aiguille fine dans d’autres domaines, l’EUS-FNA est certainement le moyen le plus sophistiqué pour obtenir du matériel cytologique. La procédure prend du temps et son coût est élevé. Par conséquent, la personne qui reçoit le matériel est tenue de s’assurer non seulement qu’il est utilisable à des fins diagnostiques mais également qu’il sera traité de maniére correcte de façon à permettre l’application de techniques complémentaires pouvant s’avérer utiles au diagnostic ou à la recherche. Nous abordons dans cet article les différents modes opératoires que nous utilisons pour une bonne prise en charge de ces échantillons, dans notre structure hospitaliére de Barcelone.

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration represents a very significant change in the way in which many pathologists face their professional activity. Although cytopathologists are used to assist to FNA in other settings, this is probably the most sophisticated way in which cytological specimens can be obtained, it is highly time-consuming, and the pressure produced by the cost of the whole procedure is particularly strong. Thus, the person who receives the sample is urged to assure, not only that the material will be adequate for diagnosis, but also that it will be processed in the proper way to make it useful for any additional technique that could be required for diagnostic or research purposes. In this review we summarize the basis for an efficient management of the samples according to our experience in the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona.

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Solé, M. Traitement des biopsies obtenues par ponction-biopsie à l’aiguille fine sous écho-endoscopie (EUS-FNA). Expérience de l’ «Hospital Clinic» de Barcelone. Acta Endosc 35, 76–80 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002651

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