Endoscopic ultrasound cytologic brushing vs endoscopic ultrasound - fine needle aspiration for cytological diagnosis of cystic pancreatic lesionsA multicenter, randomized open-label trial

  1. José Lariño Noia 1
  2. Daniel de la Iglesia García 1
  3. Julio Iglesias García 1
  4. Manuel Alberto Macías Rodríguez 2
  5. Aurelio López Martín 3
  6. María Luisa Legaz Huidobro 4
  7. Juan José Vila Costas 5
  8. Antonio Reyes 6
  9. Ihab Abdulkader Nallib
  10. J. Enrique Domínguez Muñoz 1
  1. 1 Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago. Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña. Spain
  2. 2 Hospital Puerta del Mar. Cádiz, Spain
  3. 3 Hospital Morales Meseguer. Murcia, Spain
  4. 4 Hospital La Mancha Centro. Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real. Spain
  5. 5 Hospital de Navarra. Pamplona, Spain
  6. 6 Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía. Córdoba, Spain
Revista:
Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas

ISSN: 2340-416 1130-0108

Ano de publicación: 2018

Volume: 110

Número: 8

Páxinas: 478-484

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas

Resumo

Introduction: the incidence of cystic pancreatic lesions (CPL) in the asymptomatic population is increasing. Achieving a preoperative diagnosis of CPL still remains a challenge. Objectives: to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the cytological diagnosis of CPL from samples obtained by cytology brush versus standard endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). Methods: a multicenter, randomized, open-label trial was performed of EUS-cytology brush (EUS-EB) versus EUS-FNA for the cytological diagnosis of CPL. Patients that underwent EUS-FNA with a CPL > 15 mm were included and randomized into two groups: group I, EUS-EB; group II, EUS-FNA. The final diagnosis was based on the histological evaluation of surgical specimens and clinical parameters, imaging and a five year follow-up in non-operated patients. The main outcome was the diagnostic accuracy of both methods. Secondary outcomes were the diagnostic adequacy of specimens and the rate of adverse events. Data were compared using the Chi-squared test. An intention to treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analysis were performed. Results: sixty-five patients were included in the study, 31 in group I and 34 in group II. Three patients initially randomized to group I were changed to group II as it was impossible to obtain a sample using the brush. The mean size of the CPL was 28.2 mm (range 16-60 mm). The diagnostic accuracy of EUS-EB was not superior to EUS-FNA, neither in the ITT nor the PP analysis (44.8% vs 41.1%, p = 0.77 and 38.4% vs 45.9%, p = 0.55). Conclusions: EUS-EB does not improve the diagnostic accuracy of CPL in comparison with EUS-FNA.