For tissue diagnosis of suspected pancreatic cancer, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is the procedure of choice with high safety and accuracy profiles. However, about 10% of cytologic findings of EUS-FNA are inconclusive. In that situation, careful observation, surgical exploration, or alternative diagnostic tools such as bile duct brushing with endoscopic retrogra...

Endoscopic ultrasound is an important innovation in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy and allows evaluation of many organs in the vicinity of the gastrointestinal tract. Endoscopic ultrasound-fine needle aspiration has been established to be an important tool in the management of pancreaticobiliary disease and is used for screening, staging, biopsy confirmation, and palliation. The accura...

We report a rare case of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm in 24-year-old woman, who presented with progressively worsening left epigastric and right lower quadrant abdominal pain for several weeks. A CT scan showed mass the tail pancreas that extended to hilum spleen. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) immunohistochemical analysis exhibited findings pathognomonic neop...

CONTEXT The incidence of tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma that has metastasized to the pancreas is extremely rare. There has been only one previously reported case of pancreatic metastasis of the tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. CASE REPORT We present the case of a patient who presented with tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to t...

A twenty eight-year-old male presented with a two week history of dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, and fever 38-39°C. He also complained of loss of appetite, general weakness and left leg pain for two months preceding admission. He was referred with suspicion of lung tumor to our institution. Chest X-ray showed almost total atelectasis of the right lung with compensatory overinflation of...

journal.publications.chestnet.org Figure 1. A, Contrast-enhanced axial enhanced CT scan through the thoracic inlet demonstrates a 2-cm, homogenously low-attenuation nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid accessible to ultrasound fi ne-needle aspiration (arrow). B, High-frequency transverse ultrasound image of the neck demonstrates a predominantly hypoechoic fl uid-containing lesion in the righ...

Lymphoepithelial cysts of the pancreas are extremely rare, benign, nonneoplastic cysts that may simulate pseudocysts or cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Endosonographic and cytologic features of pancreatic lymphoepithelial cysts are poorly characterized because of their rarity. However, appropriate prospective diagnosis of pancreatic lymphoepithelial cysts using endoscopic ultrasound-guided fin...

Accurate staging and restaging of primary tumour and mediastinal nodes in patients with lung cancer is of significant importance. For primary tumours, computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest are recommended. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging should be used in patients with curative intent treatment to evaluate metastatic disease. Diagnosis of the primary tumour should be performed ...