scholarly journals Endoscopic ultrasound – fine needle aspiration of 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose avid lymph nodes seen on positron emission tomography- computed tomography –what looks like cancer may not always be so

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anum Imran Malik ◽  
Noreen Akhtar ◽  
Asif Loya ◽  
Muhammed Aasim Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Positron Emission

scholarly journals Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor masquerading as metastasis in a patient with esophageal cancer: Diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 080-082
Author(s):  
Pramoda Koduru ◽  
Shruti Khurana ◽  
Joan B. Gornals ◽  
Modesto Varas ◽  
Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Neuroendocrine Tumor ◽  
Endoscopic Ultrasound ◽  
Fine Needle Aspiration ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography Scan ◽  
Fine Needle ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Tomography Scan

AbstractThe role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and guided biopsies has been well established for the locoregional staging of esophageal cancers. However, their role in posttreatment surveillance is unclear. Here, we describe a case of a pancreatic mass diagnosed on the follow-up positron emission tomography scan, concerning for a metastatic lesion. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) helped in establishing the diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumor, which tends to have a similar sonographic appearance. Therefore, it is imperative to evaluate a suspicious mass seen on computed tomography/positron emission tomography scan. EUS and EUS-guided FNA can serve as useful modalities to confirm the diagnosis by cytopathology.

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