References
Vilmann P, Jacobsen GK, Henriksen FW, Hancke S. Endoscopic ultrasonography with guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in pancreatic disease. Gastrointest Endosc. 1992;38:172–173.
Chang KJ, Albers CG, Erickson RA, Butler JA, Wuerker RB, Lin F. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of pancreatic carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol. 1994;89:263–266.
Nguyen NQ, Schoeman MN, Ruszkiewicz A. Clinical utility of EUS before cholangioscopy in the evaluation of difficult biliary strictures. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013;78:868–874.
Thomas T, Kaye PV, Ragunath K, Aithal GP. Endoscopic-ultrasound-guided mural trucut biopsy in the investigation of unexplained thickening of esophagogastric wall. Endoscopy. 2009;41:335–339.
Shone DN, Nikoomanesh P, Smith-Meek MM, Bender JS. Malignancy is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in the era of H2 blockers. Am J Gastroenterol. 1995;90:1769–1770.
Adler DG, Baron TH. Endoscopic palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction using self-expanding metal stents: experience in 36 patients. Am J Gastroenterol. 2002;97:72–78.
Zargar SA, Khuroo MS, Mahajan R, Jan GM, Dewani K, Koul V. Endoscopic fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal and colorectal malignancies. Gut. 1991;32:745–748.
Feng J, Al-Abbadi M, Kodali U, Dhar R. Cytologic diagnosis of gastric linitis plastica by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2006;34:177–179.
Iwashita T, Nakai Y, Samarasena JB, et al. High single-pass diagnostic yield of a new 25-gauge core biopsy needle for EUS-guided FNA biopsy in solid pancreatic lesions. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013;77:909–915.
Conflict of interest
None.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Nakai, Y., Isayama, H., Takahara, N. et al. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration for Duodenal Obstruction Without a Discrete Mass. Dig Dis Sci 60, 1502–1504 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3458-y
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3458-y