Our first experiences with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided fine needle aspiration (FNA)

Introduction: EUS-FNA is not a new technique for tissue sampling in gastroenterology, but to date in Hungary only a few centers used this method routinely. The overall accuracy of EUS-FNA is 70–97% in the literature in mediastinal and pancreatic malignancies. We analized the results of EUS-FNA at the beginning of our learning curve to determine the future prospectives in our endoscopic centre. Patients and Methods: In the firts 6 months period we performed a total of 145 EUS (110 upper and 35 colorectal) examinations. 22 pts with abdominal, mediastinal or intraluminal masses were sent to our endoscopic center fo…