A fully up-to-date edition of the essential introduction to Endoscopic Ultrasonography

Endoscopic ultrasonography, or EUS, has evolved over more than three decades of use to become an indispensable technique not only for diagnosing and staging a range of gastrointestinal conditions, but also for performing interventional endoscopic procedures. It has become a ubiquitous resource at hospitals across the globe.Endoscopic Ultrasonography has long been an essential resource for gastrointestinal endoscopists and other medical professionals looking to incorporate EUS into their programs of care. Now fully updated to reflect the latest research and technological development, it promises to continue in the pioneering tradition of EUS training.

Readers of the fourth edition ofEndoscopic Ultrasonography will also find:A team of contributors which includes the pioneers of endosonography and their immediate successorsNew chapters dedicated to therapeutic procedures using lumen apposing metal stentsA practical, hands-on approach to learning EUS

Endoscopic Ultrasonography, 4th Edition is ideal for all GI endoscopists and other medical professionals working with gastrointestinal pathologies.

Frank G. Gress, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology& Hepatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, South Nassau, NY, USA.

Thomas J. Savides, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Interim Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, CA, USA.

List of Contributors vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1 A history of endoscopic ultrasonography 1Michael B. Wallace MD MPH

2 Basic principles and fundamentals of EUS imaging 5JooHaHwang& MichaelB.Kimmey

3 Learning EUS anatomy 15John C. Deutsch

4 EUS instruments room setup and assistants 27Brian C. Jacobson

5 EUS procedure: consent and sedation 32MichaelG.Daniel& MichaelL.Kochman

6 The EUS report 38Jose G. de la Mora-Levy& Michael J. Levy

7 Endosonography of the mediastinum 45Kondal R. Kyanam Kabir Baig& Michael B. Wallace

8 Linear-array EUS: normal anatomy 52James T. Sing Jr.

9 High-frequency ultrasound probes 61Nidhi Singh Alberto Herreros-Tejada& Irving Waxman

10 EUS elastography 68Julio I. Garcia Jose Lariño-Noia& Juan Enrique Dominguez Muñoz

11 Fundamentals of EUS FNA 81Larissa Fujii-Lau Michael J. Levy& Maurits J. Wiersema

12 EUS FNA cytology: material preparation and interpretation 91Cynthia Behling

13 EUS: applications in the mediastinum 98David H. Robbins

14 EUS for esophageal cancer 105Syed M. Abbas Fehmi& Aws Hasan

15 EUS of the stomach and duodenum 111SarahA.Rodriguez& DouglasO.Faigel

16 EUS for gastrointestinal subepithelial masses 127RaymondS.Tang& ThomasJ.Savides

17 EUS and its emerging modalities for the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic tumors 141Muhddesa Lakhana& Iman Andalib

18 EUS for pancreatic cysts 150Jacob Lipkin& Kevin McGrath

19 The role of diagnostic EUS in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas 161Amy Tyberg& Shireen Pais

20 Autoimmune pancreatitis 172Larissa Fujii-Lau Suresh T. Chari Thomas C. Smyrk Naoki Takahashi& Michael J. Levy

21 EUS for biliary diseases 183Mihai Rimba& AlbertoLarghi

22 EUS in liver disease 197MarkHanscomEmmanuelC.Gorospe& FergaC.Gleeson

23 Colorectal EUS 207Sarakshi Mahajan Brian R. Weston Pradermchai Kongkam& Manoop S. Bhutani

24 Therapeutic EUS for cancer treatment 223Christopher Paiji& V. Raman Muthusamy

25 EUS-guided biliary access 234Khaled Elfert& Michel Kahaleh

26 Pancreatic fluid collections 242Daniella Mikhail Michel Kahaleh& Amy Tyberg

27 EUS-guided enteric anastomoses 251Edoardo Troncone& Manuel Perez-Miranda

28 EUS-guided drainage of pelvic fluid collections 261Philippe Willems Ji Young Bang& Shyam Varadarajulu

29 EUS hemostasis 267Everson L.A. Artifon& Marcio Roberto Facanali Junior

30 Training in EUS 275SamSerouya& AdamJ.Goodman

31 The future of EUS 287Sahin Coban Kamran S. Zahid& William R. Brugge

Index 295