“…To our knowledge, this is one of the two papers reporting the utility of EUS-B in the diagnosis of malignant pancreatic lesions and the first to describe the use of EUS-B-FNA for obtaining biopsy from a pancreatic lesion, which showed to be metastatic NSCLC [ 10 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, conventional EUS is used to assess several other structures, and as such, the clinical utility of EUS-B in patients with suspected lung cancer might be further exploited [ 1 , 2 , 8 ]. In a recently published case report, EUS-B-FNA was performed to obtain a biopsy from a pancreatic lesion in a patient suspected of malignancy, and the pathology results showed primary pancreatic cancer [ 10 ]. In our case, EUS-B-FNA was used in order to obtain biopsy from a pancreatic lesion in a patient with previous lung cancer suspected of having a metastatic relapse, confirming the safety and feasibility of the procedure not only in cases of primary pancreatic cancer but also for metastatic lung cancer.…”
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) of the pancreas is performed routinely in many endoscopic centers as part of the diagnostic set-up for suspected pancreatic cancer. The use of transesophageal bronchoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA) by pulmonologists has expanded significantly, since it enables effective diagnosis of lesions in the mediastinum and upper abdomen. The following case demonstrates the safety and feasibility of EUS-B-FNA in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cancer and a pancreatic mass of unknown origin. A patient who was previously diagnosed with NSCLC was referred to the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital due to suspected recurrence of NSCLC. The patient underwent endobronchial ultrasound guided (EBUS)-FNA from several suspected mediastinal lymph nodes and combined EUS-B-FNA from a pancreatic mass during the same procedure. Pathology results from the pancreatic mass and from the mediastinal lymph nodes showed squamous-cell carcinoma, metastasis from the previous NSCLC. We here by demonstrated that EUS-B-FNA is a feasible and safe technique to obtain tissue samples from pancreatic lesions in patients under investigation for lung cancer.
“…To our knowledge, this is one of the two papers reporting the utility of EUS-B in the diagnosis of malignant pancreatic lesions and the first to describe the use of EUS-B-FNA for obtaining biopsy from a pancreatic lesion, which showed to be metastatic NSCLC [ 10 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, conventional EUS is used to assess several other structures, and as such, the clinical utility of EUS-B in patients with suspected lung cancer might be further exploited [ 1 , 2 , 8 ]. In a recently published case report, EUS-B-FNA was performed to obtain a biopsy from a pancreatic lesion in a patient suspected of malignancy, and the pathology results showed primary pancreatic cancer [ 10 ]. In our case, EUS-B-FNA was used in order to obtain biopsy from a pancreatic lesion in a patient with previous lung cancer suspected of having a metastatic relapse, confirming the safety and feasibility of the procedure not only in cases of primary pancreatic cancer but also for metastatic lung cancer.…”
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) of the pancreas is performed routinely in many endoscopic centers as part of the diagnostic set-up for suspected pancreatic cancer. The use of transesophageal bronchoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA) by pulmonologists has expanded significantly, since it enables effective diagnosis of lesions in the mediastinum and upper abdomen. The following case demonstrates the safety and feasibility of EUS-B-FNA in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cancer and a pancreatic mass of unknown origin. A patient who was previously diagnosed with NSCLC was referred to the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital due to suspected recurrence of NSCLC. The patient underwent endobronchial ultrasound guided (EBUS)-FNA from several suspected mediastinal lymph nodes and combined EUS-B-FNA from a pancreatic mass during the same procedure. Pathology results from the pancreatic mass and from the mediastinal lymph nodes showed squamous-cell carcinoma, metastasis from the previous NSCLC. We here by demonstrated that EUS-B-FNA is a feasible and safe technique to obtain tissue samples from pancreatic lesions in patients under investigation for lung cancer.
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