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Introduction This guideline addresses the use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) as part of the diagnostic evaluation of certain conditions. In addition, issues of training and credentialing in EUS and complications of this procedure are also dealt with, within these guidelines. EUS combines features of endoscopy and ultrasonography in order to obtain structural information about organs within and ...

Summary. Differential diagnosis of cystic lesions the pancreas remains one most problematic sections abdominal surgery. Endoscopic ultrasonography is gaining more and importance in determination treatment tactics lesions.
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We present the second report in Latin America, and first case our country, Colombia, on presentation of primary Coledoco non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which mimics cholangiocarcinoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasonography in loco-regional staging of gastric cancer in our medium and to determine the impact of this technique on later therapeutic management. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a retrospective study carried out on patients histologically diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma who had been referred for endoscopic ultrasonographic exa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative pancreatoscopy with the ultrathin pancreatoscope for the main pancreatic lesions of mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas (MPT). DESIGN Prospective diagnostic test study with a criterion standard of pathologic examination and masked comparison. SETTING A university hospital. PATIENTS Twenty-four consecutive patients with MPT...