Fine needle aspiration biopsy guided by ultrasonography was performed in 39 patients with pancreatic cancer to evaluate the value of the technique for establishing a proved histologic diagnosis. Aspirated material suitable for cytologic evaluation of smear preparation was obtained from 33 patients (84.6%). Among the 33 patients, cytologic diagnosis of pancreatic cancer was possible in 28 patients (84.9%). There was mild abdominal pain only in one patient (2.6%). In conclusion, percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy guided by ultrasonography proved to be a safe and useful method for histologic diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
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Chung, J. B., Chung, D. K., Kim, D. Y., Han, K. H., Moon, Y. M., Kang, J. K., … Yoo, H. S. (1989). Percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of pancreatic cancer guided by ultrasonography. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 4(2), 125–129. https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.1989.4.2.125
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