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2020| March-April | Volume 9 | Issue 2
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Clinical impact of strain histogram EUS elastography and contrast-enhanced EUS for the differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses: A prospective multicentric study
Mădălin Ionuţ Costache, Irina M Cazacu, Christoph F Dietrich, Maria Chiara Petrone, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono, Marc Giovannini, Erwan Bories, Julio Iglesias Garcia, Sun Siyu, Erwin Santo, Carmen Florina Popescu, Alina Constantin, Manoop S Bhutani, Adrian Saftoiu
March-April 2020, 9(2):116-121
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_69_19
PMID
:32295969
Background:
Recent advances in EUS techniques (real-time EUS elastography and contrast-enhanced EUS) have allowed a better characterization of focal pancreatic masses. Mean strain histograms (SHs) are considered a good parameter for the semi-quantitative evaluation of focal pancreatic masses, alongside complementary contrast-enhanced EUS parameters which can be quantified during both the early arterial and late venous phase.
Materials and Methods:
The study design was prospective, blinded, and multicentric, assessing real-time EUS elastography and contrast-enhanced EUS results for the characterization of focal pancreatic masses using parametric measurements, in comparison with pathology which is the gold standard. SHs were performed based on the embedded software of the ultrasound system, with the values being reversed as opposed to our initially published data on hue histograms. Consequently, a cutoff of 80 was derived from previous multicentric trials. Contrast-enhanced EUS also allowed the focal masses to be classified as hyper-, iso-, or hypoenhanced in comparison with the normal pancreatic parenchyma. EUS-FNA was then performed for all patients, with a positive cytological diagnosis taken as a final proof of malignancy for the pancreatic masses. The diagnoses obtained by EUS-FNA were verified further either by surgery or during a clinical follow-up of at least 6 months.
Results:
A total number of 97 consecutive patients with focal pancreatic masses were included in the study. Based on previously defined cutoffs of 80, the values of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the mean SHs for the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer were 100%, 29.63%, 78.65%, 100%, and 80.41%, respectively. Corresponding values for contrast-enhanced EUS (taking into consideration hypoenhencement as a predictive factor of malignancy) were 98.57%, 77.78%, 92%, 95.45%, and 92.78%, respectively. Combining contrast enhancement-EUS (hypoenhencement) and semi-quantitative EUS elastography (SH cutoffs <80), the resulting values corresponding for sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 98.57%, 81.48%, and 93.81%, respectively.
Conclusion:
The current study using objective parametric tools for both EUS elastography and contrast-enhanced EUS confirmed the results of previous studies and meta-analyses that indicated a complementary role for the differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses. Moreover, the best values for the receiver operating curves were obtained using a sequential clinical algorithm based on the initial use of elastography, followed by contrast enhancement.
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Clinical and morphological consequences of permanent indwelling transmural plastic stents in disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome
Surinder Singh Rana, Jimil Shah, Ravi K Sharma, Rajesh Gupta
March-April 2020, 9(2):130-137
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_8_20
PMID
:32295971
Background:
Long-term indwelling transmural stents in patients with walled-off necrosis (WON) and disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome (DPDS) is an effective strategy to decrease risk of recurrence of pancreatic fluid collection (PFC). However, long-term studies on the safety and efficacy of this strategy are lacking.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis of database of patients with WON treated with endoscopic transmural drainage over the past 8 years was done to identify patients with DPDS and indwelling transmural stents for >3 years.
Results:
During the past 8 years, 56 patients with indwelling transmural stent for >3 years were identified and 67.85% of these patients had 10 Fr stents and 32.15% of patients had 7 Fr stents. On follow-up, 5 (8.9%) patients had pancreatic pain with one patient (1.78%) developing recurrence of PFC despite stent being
in situ
. Two (3.5%) patients had asymptomatic spontaneous external migration of the transmural stent. Fourteen (25%) patients developed diabetes. Two (3.5%) patients developed local complications due to indwelling stent (stent eroded into descending colon in one patient and stent-induced parenchymal calcification in the other). Forty-eight (85.7%) patients underwent EUS on follow-up and disconnected pancreas revealed ≥5 criteria for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis in 15 (31.25%) patients.
Conclusions:
Long-term indwelling transmural plastic stents in patients with WON and DPDS are safe and effective with minimal complications. Despite the presence of stents, disconnected pancreas develops morphological changes resembling chronic pancreatitis in one-third patients and clinical consequences of these changes need to be further evaluated.
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REVIEW ARTICLES
EUS-guided biliary drainage: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Banreet Singh Dhindsa, Harmeet Singh Mashiana, Amaninder Dhaliwal, Babu P Mohan, Mahendran Jayaraj, Harlan Sayles, Shailender Singh, Gordon Ohning, Ishfaq Bhat, Douglas G Adler
March-April 2020, 9(2):101-109
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_80_19
PMID
:32295967
ERCP is the current procedure of choice for patients with jaundice caused by biliary obstruction. EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) has emerged as an alternative to ERCP in patients requiring biliary drainage. The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to report the overall efficacy and safety of EUS-BD. We conducted a comprehensive search of several databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and LILACS databases (earliest inception to June 2018) to identify studies that reported EUS-BD in patients. The primary outcome was to look at the technical and clinical success of the procedure. The secondary analysis focused on calculating the pooled rate of re-interventions and all adverse-events, along with the commonly reported adverse-event subtypes. Twenty-three studies reporting on 1437 patients were identified undergoing 1444 procedures. Majority of the patient population were male (53.86%), with an average age of 67.22 years. The pooled technical success rates and clinical success rates were 91.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 87.7–94.2,
I
[2]
= 76.5) and 87% (95% CI: 82.3–90.6,
I
[2]
= 72.4), respectively. The total adverse event rates were 17.9% (95% CI: 14.3–22.2,
I
[2]
= 69.1). Subgroup analysis of three major individual adverse events was bile leak: 4.1% (2.7–6.2,
I
[2]
= 46.7), stent migration: 3.9% (2.5–6.2,
I
[2]
= 43.5), and infection: 3.8% (2.8–5.1,
I
[2]
= 0) Substantial heterogeneity was noted in the analysis. EUS-BD has high technical and clinical success rate and hence a very effective procedure. Concerns about publication bias exist. Careful consideration should be given to the adverse events and weighing the risks and benefits of the alternative nonsurgical/surgical approaches.
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Risk factors for adverse events associated with bile leak during EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy
Yoshitaro Yamamoto, Takeshi Ogura, Nobu Nishioka, Tadahiro Yamada, Masanori Yamada, Saori Ueno, Kazuhide Higuchi
March-April 2020, 9(2):110-115
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_68_19
PMID
:32295968
Background and Objective:
EUS-guided hepaticogastrostomy (HGS) is performed for patients with advanced cancer because of poor prognosis and compromised status, and bile peritonitis may prove critical for such patients. This adverse event has the possibility of decreasing quality of life by prolonging the time until the start of oral intake, hospital stay, or chemotherapy. Predictors of bile peritonitis in EUS-HGS thus have considerable clinical impact. The aim of this study was to retrospectively determine risk factors of bile peritonitis as adverse events of EUS-HGS.
Patients and Methods:
As risk factors of bile peritonitis, baseline characteristics of patients, characteristics of procedures such as number of punctures, types of fistula dilation, mean procedure time were analyzed. Furthermore, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to assess the influence of this distance and bile peritonitis and determine the optimum cutoff score for predicting the risk of bile peritonitis. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression was performed to examine factors of bile peritonitis.
Results:
A total of 68 patients were enrolled in this study. A distance of 2.50 cm offered 90.3% sensitivity and 87.5% specificity in predicting bile peritonitis according to the ROC curve. Number of punctures (>1), procedure time (>20 min), distance to the hepatic parenchyma (<2.50 cm), and presence of acute cholangitis were significantly associated with bile peritonitis in univariate analysis. However, according to this multivariate analysis, distance to the hepatic parenchyma (<2.50 cm, odds ratio 96.98, 95% confidence interval 10.12–929.12,
P
< 0.001) were only significantly associated with bile peritonitis.
Conclusions:
The short distance of hepatic parenchyma may be a risk factor of bile peritonitis.
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EUS-guided tissue acquisition in chronic pancreatitis: Differential diagnosis between pancreatic cancer and pseudotumoral masses using EUS-FNA or core biopsy
Roberto Grassia, Nicola Imperatore, Pietro Capone, Fabrizio Cereatti, Edoardo Forti, Filippo Antonini, Giulia Paola Tanzi, Mario Martinotti, Federico Buffoli, Massimiliano Mutignani, Giampiero Macarri, Gianpiero Manes, Maurizio Vecchi, Germana De Nucci
March-April 2020, 9(2):122-129
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_75_19
PMID
:32295970
Background and Objective:
EUS-FNA sensitivity for malignancy in parenchymal masses of patients with concurrent chronic pancreatitis (CP) has been reported to be unsatisfactory. The aim of the present study was to directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-FNA and EUS-fine-needle biopsy (FNB) in differentiating between inflammatory masses and malignancies in the setting of CP.
Methods:
We performed a retrospective analysis of prospective, multicentric databases of all patients with pancreatic masses and clinico-radiological-endosonographic features of CP who underwent EUS-FNA or FNB.
Results:
Among 1124 patients with CP, 210 patients (60% males, mean age: 62.7 years) with CP and pancreatic masses met the inclusion criteria and were enrolled. In the FNA group (110 patients), a correct diagnosis was obtained in all but 18 cases (diagnostic accuracy 83.6%, sensitivity 69.5%, specificity 100%, positive predictive value [PPV] 100%, and negative predictive value [NPV] 73.9%); by contrast, among 100 patients undergoing FNB, a correct diagnosis was obtained in all but seven cases (diagnostic accuracy 93%, sensitivity 86.8%, specificity 100%, PPV 100%, and NPV 87%) (
P
= 0.03, 0.03, 1, 1, and 0.07, respectively). At binary logistic regression, focal pancreatitis (odds of event occurrence [OR]: 4.9;
P
< 0.001), higher Ca19-9 (OR: 2.3;
P
= 0.02), and FNB (OR: 2.5;
P
< 0.01) were the only independent factors associated with a correct diagnosis.
Conclusion:
EUS-FNB is effective in the differential diagnosis between pseudotumoral masses and solid neoplasms in CP, showing higher diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity than EUS-FNA. EUS-FNB should be considered the preferred diagnostic technique for diagnosing cancer in the setting of CP.
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Resectable pancreatic solid lesions: Time to move from surgical diagnosis?
Alberto Larghi, Mihai Rimbaş, Gianenrico Rizzatti, Giuseppe Quero, Antonio Gasbarrini, Guido Costamagna, Sergio Alfieri
March-April 2020, 9(2):76-82
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_67_19
PMID
:32295965
Benign or malignant conditions can present as pancreatic solid lesions (PSLs), and a thorough diagnostic workup is necessary to differentiate them. The need to acquire a tissue sample to reach a definitive diagnosis should be stratified by the findings at multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with a pancreatic protocol. Tissue biopsy is currently indicated in patients fit for chemotherapy in whom a metastatic tumor or a locally advanced unresectable lesion are discovered. For these patients, EUS-guided tissue acquisition, with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) or biopsy represents the gold standard to provide a definitive cyto- and/or histopathologic diagnosis, with a high rate of accuracy. For resectable PSLs with a nonhypoenhancing MDCT pattern, which is not disease specific, a tissue diagnosis to distinguish benign from malignant etiologies appears mandatory. On the other hand, for hypo-enhancing PSLs, the debate of whether to obtain a preoperative definitive diagnosis still favors direct surgery. However, availability of novel EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy needles, which can ameliorate the negative predictive value of EUS-FNA and allow performance of DNA and RNA whole-genome extraction and RNA sequencing, coupled with the increasing evidence that preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy can be of value for these patients may change completely the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to resectable PSLs. These recent breakthroughs suggest the need for a new multidisciplinary consensus meeting to integrate them into the decision-making process assessing the need for preoperative tissue diagnosis in resectable PSLs.
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Systematic review of endoscopy ultrasound-guided thermal ablation treatment for pancreatic cancer
Sabrina Gloria Giulia Testoni, Andrew James Healey, Christoph F Dietrich, Paolo Giorgio Arcidiacono
March-April 2020, 9(2):83-100
DOI
:10.4103/eus.eus_74_19
PMID
:32295966
The development of curvilinear-array EUS and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has led these approaches to become interventional procedures rather than purely diagnostic, as a minimally invasive antitumor therapeutic alternative to radiological and surgical treatments. The possibility to accurately position needle devices and to reach a deep target like the pancreas gland under real-time imaging guidance has expanded the use of EUS to ablate tumors. Currently, a variety of probes specifically designed for EUS ablation are available, including radiofrequency, hybrid cryothermal ablation (combining radiofrequency with cryotechnology), photodynamic therapy, and laser ablation. To date, several studies have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of these ablation techniques in the pancreatic setting, but only a few small series on pancreatic thermal ablation under EUS guidance are available. EUS-guided thermal ablation is primarily used for pancreatic cancer. It is well suited to this disease because of its superior anatomical access compared with other imaging modalities and the dismal prognosis despite improvements in chemoradiotherapy and surgery in the management of pancreatic cancer. Other targets are pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and pancreatic cystic neoplasms, which are curable by surgical resection, but some patients are poor surgical candidates or prefer conservative management. This is a literature review of previously published clinical studies on EUS-guided thermal ablative therapies. Data on the long-term efficacy of EUS-guided antitumor thermal ablation therapy and large prospective randomized studies are still needed to confirm the real clinical benefits of these techniques for the management of pancreatic neoplasms.
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EDITORIAL
The role of EUS-FNA in the evaluation of pancreatic cystic lesions
Chieh Sian Koo, Khek Yu Ho
March-April 2020, 9(2):71-75
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:10.4103/eus.eus_4_20
PMID
:32295964
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Pancreatico-gastric fistula mimicking malignant infiltration following transgastric EUS-FNA of resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Marco Le Grazie, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Armando Gabbrielli, Giuseppe Malleo, Stefano Marletta, Paola Capelli
March-April 2020, 9(2):138-140
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:10.4103/eus.eus_5_20
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:32295972
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EUS-guided antegrade stenting using a braided metal stent with a 6-Fr novel slim delivery system for malignant biliary stricture following Roux-en-Y reconstruction (with video)
Hirofumi Harima, Seiji Kaino, Yuko Fujimoto, Shogo Amano, Isao Sakaida
March-April 2020, 9(2):141-142
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:10.4103/eus.eus_6_20
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:32295973
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Fine-gauge balloon-assisted stent removal technique for ruptured EUS-guided hepaticojejunostomy plastic stents (with video)
Takeshi Ogura, Saori Ueno, Nobu Nishioka, Masanori Yamada, Kazuhide Higuchi
March-April 2020, 9(2):143-145
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:10.4103/eus.eus_79_19
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:32098931
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