Can EUS elastography help distinguish benign from malignant tissue?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 08:42
in Health & Medicine
A major limitation of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination is its limited capacity to determine the exact nature of a lesion. The differential diagnosis between benign and malignant lymph nodes and focal pancreatic masses based on the EUS appearance is difficult and frequently requires EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for confirmation of malignancy.
