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Brief Title: Clinical Evaluation of EUS-FNA on Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
Official Title: Clinical Evaluation of EUS-FNA on Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions----A Multiple Center,Prospective Study
Study ID: NCT02041897
Brief Summary: It is still controversial about the necessity of endoscopy ultrasound guide fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) on diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions(PCL).The aim of this study is to find the influence of EUS-FNA on diagnosis and suggestions of EUS specialists.
Detailed Description: First, the investigators will send only EUS images of patients with PCL to diagnosis committee that is consisted with 8 EUS specialists from different countries.The diagnosis will be collected. Then the investigators send the results of EUS-FNA. The diagnosis and suggestions will be collected again. The investigators will calculate how much diagnosis has been changed because of results of EUS-FNA. The investigators will also follow up these patients for 5 years at least to find if these patients benefit from EUS-FNA and complications such as needle tract seeding metastases.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Department of Gastroenterology,Xijing Hospital, Xian, Shanxi, China
Name: Kaichun Wu, MD,Ph.D
Affiliation: Xijing hospital,The Fourth Military Medical University
Role: STUDY_CHAIR