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Immunostaining as an adjunct to cytology for diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinomaBanke Agarwal
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:1425-31. 2008..We evaluated if the diagnostic accuracy of pancreatic cancer from endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-fine-needle aspiration (FNA) can be improved by combined evaluation of cytology and immunostaining with these markers...
Diagnostic value of EUS-FNA in patients suspected of having pancreatic cancer with a focal lesion on CT scan/MRI but without obstructive jaundiceNaveen B Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63105, USA
Pancreas 38:625-30. 2009..We evaluated the performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in this patient subset...
Dilation of both pancreatic duct and the common bile duct on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans in patients with or without obstructive jaundiceNaveen Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Pancreas 41:767-72. 2012..Dilation of CBD and PD is frequently noted on computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging scans, sometimes found incidentally in patients without jaundice. The prevalence of malignancy in these patients is not established...
EUS and/or EUS-guided FNA in patients with CT and/or magnetic resonance imaging findings of enlarged pancreatic head or dilated pancreatic duct with or without a dilated common bile ductBanke Agarwal
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 68:237-42; quiz 334, 335. 2008....
Small and potentially resectable focal pancreatic lesions noted on CT/MRI scans in nonjaundiced patients: likelihood of neoplasia and utility of EUSNaveen B Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3635 Vista Avenue, FDT 9S, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 16:793-800. 2012..We evaluated (1) the prevalence of neoplasm and (2) performance characteristics of EUS-FNA for diagnosing neoplasm in above-mentioned subset of patients...
Survival in pancreatic carcinoma based on tumor sizeBanke Agarwal
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Pancreas 36:e15-20. 2008..We investigated survival and resectability as tumor size increased from 20 mm or smaller to 30 mm or larger...
EUS/EUS-FNA for suspected pancreatic cancer: influence of chronic pancreatitis and clinical presentation with or without obstructive jaundice on performance characteristicsNaveen B Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 70:70-9. 2009..EUS-FNA also has lower accuracy in patients with underlying chronic pancreatitis (CP)...
Periportal lymphadenopathy in patients without identifiable pancreatobiliary or hepatic malignancyNaveen B Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:1373-7. 2006..We recommend that these nodes be sampled with fine-needle aspiration at the time of EUS examination...
Intraductal US in evaluation of biliary strictures without a mass lesion on CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging: significance of focal wall thickening and extrinsic compression at the stricture siteNaveen B Krishna
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 66:90-6. 2007..We studied the clinical value of 2 easily assessed IDUS findings: wall thickness and extrinsic compression at the stricture site...
Endoscopic diagnosis and staging of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomaMohit Mehra
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63105, USA
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 24:623-6. 2008..The present review summarizes recent findings and puts them in context with studies on the diagnosis and management of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma published earlier...
Malignant mediastinal lymphadenopathy detected by staging EUS in patients with pancreaticobiliary cancerBanke Agarwal
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Gastrointest Endosc 61:849-53. 2005..Because of its important implications, endosonographers should routinely assess for MML in patients who undergo staging EUS for pancreaticobiliary malignancy...
Clinical predictors of pancreatic carcinoma causing acute pancreatitisPavan Tummala
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo 63110 0250, USA
Pancreas 42:108-13. 2013....
Imaging of pancreatic cancer: An overviewPavan Tummala
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Gastrointest Oncol 2:168-74. 2011..In this review, we review the relative advantages and shortcomings of imaging modalities available for evaluation of patients with suspected pancreatic cancer and for preoperative determination of resectability...
