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. 2018 Feb 7;6(2):E242–E248. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-124078

Table 2. Histological evaluation of EUS-FNB.

Quality of specimen as assessed by the pathologist (n = 41)
Good 39 (95 %)
Poor  1 (2 %)
No diagnostically useful specimen obtained  1 (2 %)
FNB histological diagnosis
Malignant 29 (71 %)

  • Adenocarcinoma

 26 (90 %)

  • NET

  3 (10 %)
Suspicion of malignancy  2 (5 %)

  • IPMN

  1 (50 %)

  • High-grade dysplasia

  1 (50 %)
Atypical cells  1 (2 %)

  • Fibrosis

  1 (100 %)
Benign  8 (20 %)

  • Pancreatitis

  2 (25 %)

  • Fibrosis

  2 (25 %)

  • IPMN

  2 (25 %)

  • Suspicion of leiomyomatous tumor

  1 (12.5 %)

  • Normal tissue

  1 (12.5 %)
No diagnostically specimen obtained (blood cylinders)  1 (2 %)
Gold standard / final histologic diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma 29 (71 %)
NET  3 (7 %)
Benign lesion  9 (22 %)

FNB, fine-need biopsy; IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; NET, neuroendocrine tumor