Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach. A study of 17 cases.

Abstract

This is the first study of EUS-guided FNA procedure in the diagnosis of gastric GIST in Greece. We demonstrated that EUS-FNA provides accurate diagnosis of GIST in combination with IHC reactivity for c-kit, performed in adequate cytology specimens obtained by FNA.