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Assessment of different modalities for repeated tissue acquisition in diagnosing malignant biliary strictures: A two‐center retrospective study

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Various modalities are applied for pathological diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures (MBS), including brush cytology (BC), forceps biopsy (FB) and endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA). We aimed to assess… Click to show full abstract

Various modalities are applied for pathological diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures (MBS), including brush cytology (BC), forceps biopsy (FB) and endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration (EUS‐FNA). We aimed to assess the value of these modalities in a repeated tissue acquisition process for biliary strictures with initially inconclusive pathological outcomes.

Keywords: tissue acquisition; biliary strictures; repeated tissue; modalities repeated; malignant biliary

Journal Title: Journal of Digestive Diseases
Year Published: 2020

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