Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for the diagnosis of kidney lesions: A review

Table 1 Reported endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration case series

Ref.	Design	Location	Mean size	Approach	No. of EUS-FNA	Technical success	Complications
Farrell et al[2]	Case report	Right kidney	9 cm	Duodenum 22 G needle 2 passes	1	100%	No
Eloubeidi et al[13]	Prospective study	N/A	N/A	N/A 22 G needle up to 5 passes	1	N/A	N/A
Artifon et al[12]	Case report	Left kidney	1.3 cm	Gastric body 22 G needle 3 passes	1	100%	No
DeWittet al[11]	Case series	Right kidney (n = 5)Left kidney (n = 10)	3.2 cm (1.1-6 cm)	Duodenum for right kidney and gastric body for left kidney 22 G needle 2 - 4 passes	15	80% (12/15)	No
Lakhtakia et al[14]	Case report	Right kidney	1.5 cm	Duodenum 22 G needle N/A passes	1	100	Transient hematuria
Moura et al[8]	Case series	Right kidney (n = 4)Left kidney (n = 4)Bilateral (n = 1)	6 cm (1.3-16 cm)	Duodenum for right kidney and gastric body for left kidney 22 G needle 3 passes	10	90% (9/10)	No

EUS-FNA: Echoendoscopic ultrasonographic fine needle aspiration; N/A: Non available.