Abstract:Background: Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) provides high-resolution images of the pancreas, and it is considered one of the most accurate methods for the diagnosis and staging of solid pancreatic lesions (SPL), EUS guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS–FNA) can obtain cytological samples of pancreatic lesions, making a pathologic diagnosis possible, however, it is associated with small, but not insignificant, morbidity. The aim of this work is to determine in a prospective study, the role of EUS in the diagnosi… Show more
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