Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Needle Aspiration Transversing the Portomesenteric Confluence. A Recklessness?

Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Nov;115(11):1746. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000792.

Authors

Albert Garcia-Sumalla¹, Joan B Gornals²

Affiliations

¹ Endoscopy Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
² Health Sc Department, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 33156088
DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000792

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / methods*
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Middle Aged
Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*
Punctures*