Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Adrenal Lesions

Overview

Journal Ann Gastroenterol

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2016 Jul 2

PMID 27366030

Citations 12

Authors

Rashmee Patil

Mel A Ona

Charilaos Papafragkakis

Sushil Duddempudi

Sury Anand

Laith H Jamil

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Abstract

The use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) appears to be a safe and feasible means of confirming or excluding malignancy in the adrenal glands. EUS-FNA with biopsy of suspicious masses in either adrenal gland allows for assessment of these lesions while keeping complications relatively rare. The main advantages of EUS-FNA are that it can be done as an outpatient procedure, with good results, minimal morbidity, and a short hospital stay. Nevertheless, EUS-FNA of adrenal masses should be indicated only in selected cases, in which there is potential to either decrease unnecessary treatment or guide therapy in cancer patients by aiding in either staging of malignancy or treatment of recurrence.v.

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