Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000083
Sahib Singh, Vishnu Charan Suresh Kumar, Douglas G Adler
{"title":"EUS-radiofrequency ablation for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Is there a promising future?","authors":"Sahib Singh, Vishnu Charan Suresh Kumar, Douglas G Adler","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000083","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"323-324"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A suspected case of hepatic reactive lymphoid hyperplasia in which EUS-fine needle aspiration contributed to the diagnosis.","authors":"Yuya Sato, Tsuyoshi Suda, Yasunori Sato, Kiichiro Kaji, Shuichi Terasaki","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000092","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000092","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"379-381"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723669/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy <i>versus</i> fine-needle aspiration for histopathological evidence for type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis: A single-center retrospective study in China.","authors":"Yuyan Zhou, Liqi Sun, Xinyue Wang, Dongling Wan, Jiaheng Xu, Mengruo Jiang, Yue Liu, Chao Liu, Yatao Tu, Haojie Huang, Zhendong Jin","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000095","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>EUS is recommended for guiding pancreatic tissue acquisition in suspected autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) cases. However, there is a lack of comparative research on the effectiveness between EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) for diagnosing AIP in China. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) specifically for type 1 AIP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between 2010 and 2023, individuals with AIP who received EUS-TA at Changhai Hospital were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 173 patients diagnosed with AIP who underwent EUS-TA were included in the final analysis. Of these, 104 patients (60.1%) received EUS-FNA, and 69 patients (39.9%) underwent EUS-FNB. Sufficient pancreatic tissue samples (>5 cells/high-power field) were obtained in 164 of 173 patients (94.8%), with success rates of 94.2% for EUS-FNA and 95.7% for EUS-FNB (<i>P ></i> 0.05). EUS-FNB exhibited higher rates of reliable level 1 histopathological findings (40.9% <i>vs.</i> 16.3%, <i>P</i> < 0.001) and reliable level 2 histopathological findings (33.3% <i>vs</i>. 12.2%, <i>P</i> < 0.001) compared with EUS-FNA. Furthermore, a higher occurrence of IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration (>10 cells/high-power field) was observed with EUS-FNB compared with EUS-FNA (74.2% <i>vs</i>. 27.9%, <i>P</i> < 0.001). The multivariate logistic analysis also revealed that EUS-FNA was less effective in obtaining reliable evidence compared with EUS-FNB, as evident in both level 2 (<i>P</i> = 0.002; odds ratio, 0.21; 95% confidence interval, 0.08-0.56) and level 1 (<i>P</i> = 0.001; odds ratio, 0.19; 95% confidence interval, 0.08-0.49) histopathological evidence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>EUS-FNB demonstrates higher rates of level 1 and level 2 histopathological findings, as well as more abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration, compared with EUS-FNA.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"351-360"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723699/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-12-30DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000096
Akihiko Kida, Jun Asai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Takeshi Urabe, Taro Yamashita
{"title":"Successful EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy using a forward-viewing echoendoscope for local recurrence at the choledochojejunal anastomotic site 13 years after pancreaticoduodenectomy for cholangiocarcinoma.","authors":"Akihiko Kida, Jun Asai, Tatsuya Yamashita, Takeshi Urabe, Taro Yamashita","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000096","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"376-378"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723694/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Endoscopic UltrasoundPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-12-30DOI: 10.1097/eus.0000000000000097
Yundi Pan, Taojing Ran, Xianda Zhang, Xianzheng Qin, Yao Zhang, Chunhua Zhou, Duowu Zou
{"title":"Adequacy of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration and fine-needle biopsy for next-generation sequencing in pancreatic malignancies: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Yundi Pan, Taojing Ran, Xianda Zhang, Xianzheng Qin, Yao Zhang, Chunhua Zhou, Duowu Zou","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000097","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>A majority of pancreatic malignancies are unresectable at the time of presentation and require EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration or fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNA/FNB) for diagnosis. With the advent of precision therapy, there is an increasing need to use EUS-FNA/FNB sample for genetic analysis. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a preferred technology to detect genetic mutations with high sensitivity in small specimens. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the adequacy of EUS-FNA/FNB for NGS in pancreatic malignancies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched from database inception to November 11, 2023. The primary outcome was the proportion of sufficient sample acquired by EUS-FNA/FNB in pancreatic malignancies for NGS. Secondary outcomes were the proportion of sufficient sample for NGS in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and the detection rates of mutations in KRAS, TP53, CDKN2A, and SMAD4 and actionable mutations in PDAC. The pooled proportions were calculated using a random-effects model. Potential sources of heterogeneity were investigated with subgroup analyses and meta-regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty studies with 881 samples were included. The pooled adequacy of EUS-FNA/FNB sample for NGS was 89.9% (95% CI, 80.8%-96.7%) in pancreatic malignancies and 92.0% (95% CI, 81.3%-98.8%) in PDAC. Screening sample suitability before NGS testing was associated with lower adequacy in subgroup analysis (79.7% <i>vs.</i> 98.4%, <i>P</i> = 0.001). The pooled prevalences of mutations in KRAS, TP53, CDKN2A, and SMAD4 in PDAC were 87.4% (95% CI, 83.2%-91.2%), 62.6% (95% CI, 53.2%-71.7%), 20.6% (95% CI, 11.9%-30.8%), and 19.4% (95% CI, 11.2%-29.1%), respectively. The pooled prevalence of potentially actionable mutations in PDAC was 14.5% (95% CI, 8.2%-22.0%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the majority of cases, EUS-FNA/FNB can acquire adequate sample for NGS and identify tumor-specific mutations in patients with pancreatic malignancies. Strict pre-analysis screening criteria may negatively impact the sample adequacy and the success rate for NGS.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"366-375"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723693/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Value of EUS-guided through-the-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of pancreatic cystic neoplasms: An 8-year experience.","authors":"Bingqian Cheng, Chen Du, Zhengting He, Xiuxue Feng, Huikai Li, Zhanbo Wang, Fei Gao, Yunyun Zhao, Ningli Chai, Enqiang Linghu","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000091","DOIUrl":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>An accurate diagnosis is crucial for the clinical management of pancreatic cystic neoplasm (PCN). EUS-guided through-the-needle biopsy (EUS-TTNB) is a novel technique for improving the accuracy of PCN diagnosis. There is insufficient evidence about the efficacy of EUS-TTNB. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and diagnostic performance of EUS-TTNB for PCN.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between June 2015 and July 2023, we prospectively enrolled 454 patients with a clinical concern for PCN in our database. After excluding those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, pseudocysts, or other no-neoplasms, we assessed 326 patients with 329 cysts undergoing EUS-guided fine-needle-aspiration (EUS-FNA) or EUS-TTNB for evaluation. The primary indicators were tissue acquisition yield and diagnostic yield. The cyst characteristics (size, location, the presence of septation, mural nodule, and solid mass) and the number of biopsy samples were chosen for the analysis of factors associated with diagnostic performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 220 (67.5%) females and 106 (32.5%) males, and the median patient age was 50 years (range, 18-88). There were 329 cysts sampled by FNA and 143 by TTNB. The median cyst size was 31.5 mm (range, 6.9-114.0). The diagnostic yields of FNA and TTNB were 35.7% (112/314) and 57.5% (73/127), respectively (<i>P</i> < 0.001). Special cyst types were diagnosed by TTNB in 58 (45.7%, 58/127) cysts, 19 of which had surgical pathology. Fifteen of 19 TTNB diagnoses were concordant with the surgical pathology.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>EUS-TTNB is an option to improve the diagnosis of PCN. Standardized procedures and appropriate indications for TTNB need to be studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"13 6","pages":"345-350"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11723696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142970187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huiyun Zhu, Yiqi Du, Kaixuan Wang, Zhaoshen Li, Zhendong Jin
{"title":"Consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic pseudocyst and walled-off necrosis from a Chinese multiple disciplinary team expert panel","authors":"Huiyun Zhu, Yiqi Du, Kaixuan Wang, Zhaoshen Li, Zhendong Jin","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000080","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Objective </h3>\u0000<p>To prepare a set of practice guidelines to standardize the entire process, from diagnosis to treatment and follow-up, for pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis.</p>\u0000<h3>Methods </h3>\u0000<p>Thirty-six experts in the fields of digestive endoscopy, pancreatic surgery, interventional radiology, and others presented their opinions via discussions in online conferences by referring to the patient, intervention, comparison, and outcomes principles and then reviewed the evidence and statements using the Delphi method to reach a consensus. The consensus of >80% was finally achieved for the items.</p>\u0000<h3>Results </h3>\u0000<p>The experts discussed and reached a consensus on 29 statements including 10 categories: (1) definition and classification, (2) imaging and endoscopic diagnosis, (3) therapeutic implications, (4) surgical therapy, (5) percutaneous catheter drainage, (6) endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, (7) EUS-guided drainage, (8) stent selection for EUS-guided drainage, (9) complication related to stents for cyst drainage, and (10) drug treatment and follow-up.</p>\u0000<h3>Conclusion </h3>\u0000<p>This consensus based on the clinical experience of experts in various fields and international evidence-based medicine further standardizes the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment processes for pancreatic pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computed tomography–based radial endobronchial ultrasound image simulation of peripheral pulmonary lesions using deep learning","authors":"Chunxi Zhang, Yongzheng Zhou, Chuanqi Sun, Jilei Zhang, Junxiang Chen, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Ying Li, Xiaoyao Liu, Weiping Liu, Jiayuan Sun","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000079","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and Objectives </h3>\u0000<p>Radial endobronchial ultrasound (R-EBUS) plays an important role during transbronchial sampling of peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs). However, existing navigational bronchoscopy systems provide no guidance for R-EBUS. To guide intraoperative R-EBUS probe manipulation, we aimed to simulate R-EBUS images of PPLs from preoperative computed tomography (CT) data using deep learning.</p>\u0000<h3>Materials and Methods </h3>\u0000<p>Preoperative CT and intraoperative ultrasound data of PPLs in 250 patients who underwent R-EBUS–guided transbronchial lung biopsy were retrospectively collected. Two-dimensional CT sections perpendicular to the biopsy path were transformed into ultrasonic reflection and transmission images using an ultrasound propagation model to obtain the initial simulated R-EBUS images. A cycle generative adversarial network was trained to improve the realism of initial simulated images. Objective and subjective indicators were used to evaluate the similarity between real and simulated images.</p>\u0000<h3>Results </h3>\u0000<p>Wasserstein distances showed that utilizing the cycle generative adversarial network significantly improved the similarity between real and simulated R-EBUS images. There was no statistically significant difference in the long axis, short axis, and area between real and simulated lesions (all <em xmlns:mrws=\"http://webservices.ovid.com/mrws/1.0\">P</em> > 0.05). Based on the experts’ evaluation, a median similarity score of ≥4 on a 5-point scale was obtained for lesion size, shape, margin, internal echoes, and overall similarity.</p>\u0000<h3>Conclusions </h3>\u0000<p>Simulated R-EBUS images of PPLs generated by our method can closely mimic the corresponding real images, demonstrating the potential of our method to provide guidance for intraoperative R-EBUS probe manipulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen Möller, Alina Batali, Christian Jenssen, Barbara Braden, Michael Hocke, Wei On, Simon M. Everett, Yi Dong, Nan Ge, Siyu Sun, Michael Gerber, Siegbert Faiss, David Srivastava, Riccardo de Robertis, Mirko D´Onofrio, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christoph F. Dietrich
{"title":"Comments and illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine contrast-enhanced ultrasound guidelines: Multiparametric imaging and EUS-guided sampling in rare pancreatic tumors. Benign mesenchymal pancreatic tumors","authors":"Kathleen Möller, Alina Batali, Christian Jenssen, Barbara Braden, Michael Hocke, Wei On, Simon M. Everett, Yi Dong, Nan Ge, Siyu Sun, Michael Gerber, Siegbert Faiss, David Srivastava, Riccardo de Robertis, Mirko D´Onofrio, Benjamin Misselwitz, Christoph F. Dietrich","doi":"10.1097/eus.0000000000000070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/eus.0000000000000070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The focus of the review is on primary benign mesenchymal pancreatic tumors and their imaging appearance. These tumors are extremely rare. Usually, they are not diagnosed until postoperative histology is available, and so even benign tumors have undergone extensive pancreatic resection. The very limited data on abdominal and EUS findings including contrast-enhanced techniques of these pancreatic lesions are summarized here. Case reports will be presented for some of these rare tumors with application of modern ultrasound and endosonographic techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":11577,"journal":{"name":"Endoscopic Ultrasound","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}