Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is an important diagnostic technique to accurately diagnose diseases originating from organs near the gastrointestinal tract. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has improved the histopathological diagnosis. EUS-FNA has been further developed over a long period of 40 years. The history of the development of endosonographic scopes, ultrasonographic observation systems, puncture needles, and puncture methods will provide a springboard for future development.
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Abbreviations
- AIP:
-
Autoimmune pancreatitis
- EUS-FNA:
-
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration
- EUS-FNB:
-
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy
- FFPE:
-
Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded
- G:
-
Gauge
- GIST:
-
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- IPMN:
-
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
- MOSE:
-
Macroscopic on-site quality evaluation
- ROSE:
-
Rapid on-site examination
- SOSE:
-
Stereomicroscopic on-site evaluation
- VOSE:
-
Visual on-site evaluation
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The information on EUS and ultrasonic observation equipment was provided by Olympus, FUJIFILM, Cook Medical, and Pentax.
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This work was supported by the MHLW Research Program on Rare and Intractable Diseases (grant number: JPMH20FC1040).
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Kanno, A., Ikeda, E., Ando, K. et al. The history of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration: development and progress. J Med Ultrasonics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-023-01400-0
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