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Table 2 Detection of ascites and performance of abdominal paracentesis

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

  

EUS-FNB (N = 12 (%))

Ascites

Detected on CT

11 (91.7)

Detected on EUS

12 (100.0)

Abdominal Paracentesis

Feasible

9 (75.0)

Not feasible

3 (25.0)

  1. One from 9 patients who underwent abdominal paracentesis had a positive malignant cell from ascitic fluid
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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