Chairpersons: Matthew Zarka, Longwen Chen, Kelsey McHugh
The number of fine needle aspiration and small tissue biopsies of pancreas/gastrointestinal lesions have greatly increased over the last several years with the introduction of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Many of the lesions sampled are soft tissue tumors that arise throughout the pancreas/GI tract. Diagnosis of these lesions is often challenging when a limited amount of cytologic and histologic material is obtained with this technique.
The number of fine needle aspiration and small tissue biopsies of pancreas/gastrointestinal lesions have greatly increased over the last several years with the introduction of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). Many of the lesions sampled are soft tissue tumors that arise throughout the pancreas/GI tract. Diagnosis of these lesions is often challenging when a limited amount of cytologic and histologic material is obtained with this technique.
15:30–16:00 | Matthew Zarka, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona: Overview of the practical pattern based approach to soft tissue lesions obtained by EUS FNA |
16:00–16:30 | Kelsey McHugh, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona: Overview of the use of small tissue biopsy as supplement to FNA, including the use of ancillary immunoperoxidase and molecular studies |
16:30–16:40 | Matthew Zarka, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona: Key cases |
16:40–16:50 | Longwen Chen, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona: Key cases |
16:50–17:00 | Kelsey McHugh, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona: Key cases |