Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Combined with Fine Needle Biopsy (FNB) in the Diagnosis and Subclassification of Deep-Seated Lymphomas - Report of a Case Series and Review of Literature
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Evaluation of intra-abdominal/intrathoracic lymphadenopathy in the absence of enlarged peripheral nodes has always been a challenging problem for clinicians, especially with unfavourable general conditions of the patient where surgical interventions are difficult. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided FNA has been used for the last two decades for tissue acquisition from patients with such deep-seated lesions. But its use in the diagnosis of lymphoma has always been challenging. However, the addition o… Show more
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