Puri R, Manrai M, Thandassery RB, Alfadda AA. Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of carcinoma pancreas. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2016; 8(2): 67-76 [PMID: 26839647 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i2.67]
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Ragesh Babu Thandassery, MD, DM, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamad General Hospital, 2 South 2, Doha 3050, Qatar. doc.ragesh@gmail.com
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jan 25, 2016; 8(2): 67-76 Published online Jan 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i2.67
Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of carcinoma pancreas
Rajesh Puri, Manish Manrai, Ragesh Babu Thandassery, Abdulrahman A Alfadda
Rajesh Puri, Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon 122001, Haryana, India
Manish Manrai, Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Ragesh Babu Thandassery, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha 3050, Qatar
Abdulrahman A Alfadda, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest. No external funding agency.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Ragesh Babu Thandassery, MD, DM, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hamad General Hospital, 2 South 2, Doha 3050, Qatar. doc.ragesh@gmail.com
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Received: July 2, 2015 Peer-review started: July 7, 2015 First decision: August 5, 2015 Revised: October 30, 2015 Accepted: November 17, 2015 Article in press: November 25, 2015 Published online: January 25, 2016 Processing time: 201 Days and 11.9 Hours
Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become an important component in the diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma pancreas. With the advent of advanced imaging techniques and tissue acquisition methods the role of EUS is becoming increasingly important. Small pancreatic tumors can be reliably diagnosed with EUS. EUS guided fine needle aspiration establishes diagnosis in some cases. EUS plays an important role in staging of carcinoma pancreas and in some important therapeutic methods that include celiac plexus neurolysis, EUS guided biliary drainage and drug delivery. In this review we attempt to review the role of EUS in diagnosis and management of carcinoma pancreas.
Core tip: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is becoming increasingly important in the diagnosis and management of carcinoma pancreas. It helps in identification of small tumors, histological diagnosis by fine needle aspiration, staging of the disease and its treatment. Palliation of pain with celiac plexus neurolysis and palliation of jaundice by biliary drainage can be achieved with EUS guided techniques. In this review we attempt to review the role of EUS in different aspects of diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma pancreas.
