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Table 1 Demographic data and clinical presentation of study patients

From: Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) from peritoneal lesions: a prospective cohort pilot study

 

EUS-FNB

N = 12 (%)*

Gender

Male

6 (50)

Female

6 (50)

Age, years (mean + SD)

62.9 ± 9

Presenting symptoms

Weight loss

4 (33.3)

Abdominal Pain

6 (50)

Abdominal Distention

2 (16.7)

Jaundice

0 (0)

CT findings#

Soft tissue nodules/mass deposit in peritoneum

11 (91.7)

Ascites

11 (91.7)

Omental cake

4 (33.3)

Mesenteric stranding

2 (16.7)

EUS findings

Thickened hyperechoic omental cake

1 (8.3)

Hypoechoic nodules/deposit in peritoneum or omentum

11 (91.7)

  1. *All values reported as n (%), except for age
  2. #Small ascites defined by shortest thickness of ascites from abdominal wall < 3 mm in CT or MRI