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  • Diagnosing malignant lymphoma, particularly primary splenic malignant lymphomas without accessible lymph nodes, can be challenging, prompting the use of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for biopsy.* -
  • A study involving eight patients suspected of having primary splenic malignant lymphomas used EUS-FNA to collect splenic tissue, with no complications reported during the procedure.* -
  • The results were promising, revealing that 75% of patients were diagnosed with malignant lymphomas through histological analysis, and all patients showed monoclonality of B-cells, confirming the diagnosis of primary splenic malignant lymphomas.*

Article Abstract

 The diagnosis of malignant lymphoma (ML) is sometimes difficult, especially in patients with primary splenic malignant lymphomas (psML) which have no lymph nodes capable of acting as the biopsy target. We carried out endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for "splenic parenchyma" in patients suspected of having a psML, even without any obvious neoplastic lesions in the spleen.  A retrospective study using medical records was conducted of eight patients suspected of having a psML that received EUS-FNA for the splenic parenchyma between January 2016 and January 2019. Data analyzed included clinical background, EUS-FNA procedure (puncture needle/route), diagnostic ability (pathological/flow cytometry [FCM]), and complications.  EUS-FNA was performed from the stomach in all eight cases, and no patients had complications. As a result of splenic parenchymal biopsy found on EUS-FNA, 75 % of patients (6/8) were histologically diagnosed with MLs, monoclonality of B-cells was identified in all cases (8/8) with FCM, and all patients (8/8) were definitively diagnosed with psMLs.  EUS-FNA for "splenic parenchyma" is useful for patients with spML, even if they have no obvious neoplastic lesions in the spleen.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7775802PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1287-9577DOI Listing

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