Review Article

Endoscopic-Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration and the Role of the Cytopathologist in Solid Pancreatic Lesion Diagnosis

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Renal metastasis to pancreas. (a) EUS showed multiple confluent, well-circumscribed hypoechoic, spherical masses measuring up to 40 mm in the peripancreatic (head) area compressing distal CBD. Multiple anechoic areas of necrosis were seen inside the lesions. (b) A single FNA pass was done using a 19-gauge needle via transduodenal approach.
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