2017 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 38-44
The role of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the diagnosis of early pancreatic cancer is expanding. In cases with risk factors or in IPMN assessment or follow up, there have been several reports regarding the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using EUS. Currently, with the development of EUS equipment, EUS-guided fine needle aspiration has become more common and with advances in ERCP related procedures, pancreatic cancer detection and its qualitative diagnosis is improving. In this report, we would like to refer to the detection of pancreatic cancer, especially in small pancreatic cancer with EUS including diagnosis with contrast enhanced harmonic EUS.
