Ultrasonographycally-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal malignancies

Background: The use of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal tumorous lesions was investigated. We studied the sonographic findings of symptomatic intestinal metastases and the use and safety of subsequent sonographically guided 22-gauge fine-needle aspiration. Methods: During two -year period 45 patients (median age 65 years) with hepatic circumscript lesions identified on abdominal ultrasonography underwent ultrasonographically-guided FNAC using 22-G-needle. The sample was checked immediately by a cytopathologist for adequacy. Results: Most of the cases (72%) were metastat…