Table 1.

Diagnostic values for EUS–FNA for different lesions

Lesions	Sensitivity	Specificity	Accuracy
Malignant biliary strictures
Navaneethan et al. (2015) [117]	66%	88%	–
Sadeghi et al. (2016) [116]	100%	80%	–
Subepithelial lesions (upper and lower GI tract)
Turhan et al. (2011) [115]	82.9%	73.3%	80%
Larghi et al. (2014) [114]	–	–	93%
Liver lesions
Tenberge et al. (2002) [31]	–	–	89%
Solid pancreatic lesions
Hebert-Magee et al. (2013) [113]	88.6%	99.3%	–
Hewitt MJ et al. (2012) [13]	85%	98%	–
Puli SR et al. (2013) [14]	86.8%	95.8%	–
Cystic Pancreatic lesions
Thronton et al. (2013) [15]	54%	93%	–
Suzuki et al. (2014) [112]	64.8%	90.6%
Mediastinal lymph nodes
Puli et al. (2008) [26]	88%	96%	–