Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract mesenchymal tumors: Impact of rapid onsite evaluation and correlation with histopathologic follow‐up
Gilani SM, Muniraj T, Aslanian HR, Cai G. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract mesenchymal tumors: Impact of rapid onsite evaluation and correlation with histopathologic follow‐up. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2020, 49: 203-210. PMID: 33006819, DOI: 10.1002/dc.24631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid onsite evaluationSubsequent surgical resectionUpper gastrointestinal tractMesenchymal tumorsSurgical resectionCell blocksEUS-FNAFine needle aspiration cytology diagnosisUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytologyEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytologyFine needle aspiration cytologyOnsite evaluationAdditional ancillary testingNeedle aspiration cytologyDiagnostic challengeCytologic casesDiagnostic yieldAncillary testingAspiration cytologyCytologic diagnosisGastrointestinal tractMorphologic overlapCytology diagnosisElectronic databasesLesional materialEndoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration of accessory spleen: Cytomorphologic features and diagnostic considerations
Gilani SM, Muniraj T, Farrell JJ, Aslanian HR, Cai G. Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration of accessory spleen: Cytomorphologic features and diagnostic considerations. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2020, 48: 623-628. PMID: 32315514, DOI: 10.1002/dc.24434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationFine-needle aspirationProminent vascularityLymphoid cellsLarge platelet aggregatesCytomorphologic featuresNeedle aspirationNeoplastic processNon-specific clinical symptomsKey cytomorphologic featuresMass-forming lesionsPancreatic tail regionMixed inflammatory cellsKey cytologic featuresSmall-sized lymphocytesPancreas/Most patientsMale patientsSurgical managementClinical symptomsInflammatory cellsMean agePeripancreatic tissueDiagnostic challenge