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EUS-FNA can be an effective procedure for the transesophageal drainage of a patient with intra-peritoneal abscess

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Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is considered to be a highly beneficial and safe diagnostic tool. EUS-FNA now has a greater clinical impact because the technique is currently being applied for therapeutic as well as diagnostic purposes. The treatment of intra-peritoneal abscess after peptic ulcer perforation has traditionally been by surgery, especially when percutaneous abscess drainage is unfeasible. We report that less invasive drainage using EUS-FNA was useful in treating a patient with an abscess who had no other option but to select surgical treatment.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Hokusetsu General Hospital, Osaka, Japan

    Azusa Hara, Yuichi Sasaki & Makoto Sanomura

  2. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigaku-machi, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan

    Azusa Hara, Shinya Fukunishi & Kazuhide Higuchi

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Hara, A., Fukunishi, S., Sasaki, Y. et al. EUS-FNA can be an effective procedure for the transesophageal drainage of a patient with intra-peritoneal abscess. Clin J Gastroenterol 8, 212–216 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-015-0588-5

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