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1948-5190 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Observational Study |
| Article Title |
Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies
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Invited Manuscript |
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Masood Muhammad Karim, Syedda Ayesha, Abdul Hadi Shahid, Muhammad Salman, Danaish Kumar, Zeeshan Uddin and Adeel Ur Rehman |
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| Corresponding Author |
Adeel Ur Rehman, Assistant Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Sindh, Pakistan. rehman.adeel@aku.edu |
| Key Words |
Mediastinal mass; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Mediastinal lesion; Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy; Malignancy; Diagnostic yield; Minimally invasive diagnosis and low- and middle-income countries |
| Core Tip |
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is a minimally invasive technique that enables accurate tissue sampling of mediastinal lesions. In this single-centre study from Pakistan, EUS-FNB demonstrated excellent diagnostic performance, with 94.8% diagnostic yield, 88.9% sensitivity, and 100% specificity, while maintaining a strong safety profile without procedure-related complications. The study highlights the value of EUS-FNB in guiding management of both benign and malignant mediastinal pathologies and addressing a critical evidence gap in low- and middle-income country settings, where data remain limited. |
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2026-02-04 07:43 |
| Citation |
Karim MM, Ayesha S, Shahid AH, Salman M, Kumar D, Uddin Z, Rehman AU. Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2026; 18(2): 113699 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v18/i2/113699.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113699 |
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