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. 2021 May-Jun;10(3):224-226.
doi: 10.4103/EUS-D-20-00112.

Usefulness of EUS-FNA with contrast-enhanced harmonic imaging for diagnosis of gallbladder tumor

Takashi Tamura  1 , Yasunobu Yamashita  1 , Masahiro Itonaga  1 , Reiko Ashida  1 , Masayuki Kitano  1
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Usefulness of EUS-FNA with contrast-enhanced harmonic imaging for diagnosis of gallbladder tumor

Takashi Tamura et al. Endosc Ultrasound. 2021 May-Jun.
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EUS-FNA with contrast-enhanced harmonic imaging for gallbladder tumor. (a) Fundamental B-mode EUS showing a mass lesion in the gallbladder. There is no fluid space visible in the gallbladder under fundamental B-mode imaging. (b) The borderline between the gallbladder tumor and fluid space become clear under contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS (CH-EUS). (c) CH-EUS revealing the presence of a fluid space (yellow arrow) on the puncture line (dot line) that fundamental B-mode imaging failed to depict. (d) CH-EUS showing that the enhanced part of the gallbladder tumor is punctured by the needle (white arrow head) passing through the gallbladder wall. (e) Histological examination of tissue obtained by EUS-FNA showing inflammatory cell aggregation and gallbladder epithelium without atypical nuclear cell (H and E, ×400) (final diagnosis: xanthogranulomatus cholecystitis)
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