Table of Contents

List of contributors, vii

Preface, ix

Acknowledgments, xi

1 Endoscopic ultrasonography at the beginning: a personal history, 1
Michael V. Sivak, Jr.

2 Basic principles and fundamentals of EUS imaging, 5
Joo Ha Hwang&Michael B. Kimmey

3 Learning EUS anatomy, 15
John C. Deutsch

4 EUS instruments, room setup, and assistants, 27
Pushpak Taunk & Brian C. Jacobson

5 EUS procedure: consent and sedation, 34
Pavlos Kaimakliotis & Michael Kochman

6 The EUS report, 40
Jose G. de la Mora-Levy & Michael J. Levy

7 Radial EUS: normal anatomy, 47
Manuel Berzosa & Michael B.Wallace

8 Linear-array EUS: normal anatomy, 54
James T. Sing, Jr.

9 EUS elastography, 61
Julio Iglesias Garcia, Jose Lariño-Noia & J. Enrique Dominguez Muñoz

10 Fundamentals of EUS FNA, 72
Larissa L. Fujii, Michael J. Levy & Maurits J.Wiersema

11 EUS FNA cytology: material preparation and interpretation, 82
Cynthia Behling

12 High-frequency ultrasound probes, 88
Nidhi Singh, Alberto Herreros-Tejada & IrvingWaxman

13 EUS: applications in the mediastinum, 95
David H. Robbins

14 EBUS and EUS for lung cancer diagnosis and staging, 102
L.M.M.J. Crombag, P.F. Clementsen & J.T. Annema

15 EUS for esophageal cancer, 116
Imad Elkhatib & SyedM. Abbas Fehmi

16 EUS of the stomach and duodenum, 123
Sarah A. Rodriguez & Douglas O. Faigel

17 Gastrointestinal subepithelial masses, 138
Raymond S. Tang&Thomas J. Savides

18 EUS for the diagnosis and staging of solid pancreatic neoplasms, 151
Brooke Glessing & Shawn Mallery

19 EUS for pancreatic cysts, 172
John Scherer & Kevin McGrath

20 The role of EUS in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, 182
Amy Tyberg & Shireen Pais

21 Autoimmune pancreatitis, 193
Larissa L. Fujii, Suresh T. Chari, Thomas C. Smyrk, Naoki Takahashi & Michael J. Levy

22 EUS for biliary diseases, 204
Nikola Panic, Fabia Attili & Alberto Larghi

23 EUS in liver disease, 217
Emmanuel C. Gorospe & Ferga C. Gleeson

24 Colorectal EUS, 225
Manoop S. Bhutani, Brian R. Weston & Pradermchai Kongkam

25 Therapeutic EUS for cancer treatment, 239
Kourosh F. Ghassemi & V. Raman Muthusamy

26 EUS-guided biliary access, 248
Christine Boumitri, Prashant Kedia & Michel Kahaleh

27 Pancreatic fluid collection drainage, 254
Tiing Leong Ang & Stefan Seewald

28 EUS-guided drainage of pelvic fluid collections, 261
Jayapal Ramesh, Ji Young Bang & Shyam Varadarajulu

29 EUS hemostasis, 267
Everson L.A. Artifon, Fred O.A. Carneiro & DaltonM. Chaves

30 Training in EUS, 273
Adam J. Goodman & Frank G. Gress

31 The future of EUS, 285
Abdurrahman Kadayifci & William R. Brugge

Index, 291

About the Author

Frank Gress, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Thomas Savides, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, USA.