Clinical Impact of EUS-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy Using a Novel Franseen Needle for Histological Assessment of Pancreatic Diseases

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Group A (N = 50)	Group B (N = 36)	P value
Age
median (IQR)	70.5 (60-75)	65 (57-77)	0.546
Gender
male	30	21
female	20	15	0.526
Size of the lesion (mm)
median (IQR)	30 (20-39.5)	28 (23-34)	0.952
Final diagnosis
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma	39	33
Pancreatic metastasis	3	1
Mass forming pancreatitis	3	0
Neuroendocrine neoplasm	1	1
IPMN	1	0
ITPN	1	0
ALL	1	0
SCA	1	0
SPN	0	1	0.303

IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. ITPN: intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm.
ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia. SCA: serous cystic adenoma. SPN: solid pseudopapillary neoplasm.