Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Random Omental Fine Needle Aspiration: A Novel Technique for the Diagnosis of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Background/Aims Diagnostic abdominal paracentesis has been described in literature to have variable sensitivity of 50%–75% for the detection of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). We believe that random needle aspirates from the omentum, even in the absence of obvious deposits by endoscopic ultrasound (...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Clinical Endoscopy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2019-175.pdf |