Predictive Factors for Inaccurate Diagnosis of Swollen Lymph Nodes in Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration

• Main Authors: Yuki Fujii (Author), Yoshihide Kanno (Author), Shinsuke Koshita (Author), Takahisa Ogawa (Author), Hiroaki Kusunose (Author), Kaori Masu (Author), Toshitaka Sakai (Author), Keisuke Yonamine (Author), Yujiro Kawakami (Author), Toji Murabayashi (Author), Fumisato Kozakai (Author), Yutaka Noda (Author), Hiroyuki Okada (Author), Kei Ito (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims This study aimed to identify the predictive factors for inaccurate endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) diagnosis of swollen lymph nodes without rapid on-site cytopathological evaluation. Methods Eighty-three consecutive patients who underwent EUS-FNA for abd...