Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of Peripheral Nerve-Sheath Tumors

Edward B. Stelow, Rebecca Lai, Ricardo H. Bardales, Bradley M. Linzie, Shawn Mallery, Michael W. Stanley

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Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has allowed for the fine-needle aspiration and diagnosis of many different gastrointestinal neoplasms, including mesenchymal tumors. Although most mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), other mesenchymal tumors, including neural tumors, do occur. Proper diagnosis and differentiation of these tumors from GISTs are important because of their different prognoses and treatment regimens. We encountered three peripheral nerve-sheath tumors of the gastrointestinal tract aspirated by EUS (two schwannomas and a granular-cell tumor). We report on the endoscopic ultrasound, cytologic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings of these cases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)172-177
Number of pages6
JournalDiagnostic Cytopathology
Volume30
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2004

Keywords

  • Endoscopic ultrasound
  • FNA
  • Granular-cell tumor
  • Peripheral nerve-sheath tumor
  • Schwannoma

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