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Daanish Siddique, MD
Indianapolis, Indiana
Daanish Siddique, MD1, Karen Trevino, MD1, Mahmoud A. Rahal, MD2, Howard Wu, MD1, Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, FACG2
1Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; 2Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction: Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) is increasingly replacing fine needle aspiration (FNA) for sampling of solid pancreatic lesions. In FNA, 25G needles appear to outperform 22G needles in sampling pancreatic lesions, but data comparing 22G and 25G FNB platforms is lacking. We aimed to prospectively assess the performance of 22G and 25G Franseen tip core biopsy needles in the sampling of solid pancreatic lesions.
Methods: Consecutive patients were enrolled between 2017 and 2018 and underwent EUS-FNB sampling of solid pancreatic lesions at Indiana University Hospital using 2 needle sizes: 25G (Study group) and 22G (Control group) Acquire needles (Boston Scientific Co., Natick, MA, USA). The endosonographer chose the needle size based on lesion location and characteristics. Tissue specimens were handled in a standardized fashion using onsite evaluation, touch and smear preparation, and cell block tissue collection. Specimens were independently evaluated by 2 expert cytopathologists blinded to the diagnosis in each case. They assessed cytological yield (on smears) and histologic yield (on cellblock) using a previously validated standard scoring system reached by a consensus among our cytopathologists.
Results: A total of 75 patients (42 males, median age=65 years) with solid pancreatic lesions underwent EUS-FNB during the study period: 50 using a 25G and 25 using 22G needle. There was no significant difference in the size or final cytopathological diagnosis of the lesions between the 2 groups (Table 1). Similarly, cytological scores of smears were comparable between the 2 groups. Due to the 25G needle’s increased flexibility in locations that entailed excessive scope angulation, it was utilized more for lesion sampling in the pancreatic head and uncinate process (70% vs 52%, p=0.012). There was a statistically significant increase in diagnostic yield seen in the 25G group compared to the 22G (98% vs 88%. P=0.013). The number of passes for cytological smears between both groups were similar; however, the 25G group required additional passes to obtain an adequate cell-block (1.6 vs 0.4, p=0.001).
Discussion: We found the 25G FNB needle to be associated with superior diagnostic adequacy over 22G needles. This is consistent with FNA literature comparing these two common needle sizes. We noted an increased number of passes required in the 25G group to develop a cell block. This is likely due to the smaller size needle requiring more passes to build up an adequate cell block.
Citation: Daanish Siddique, MD; Karen Trevino, MD; Mahmoud A. Rahal, MD; Howard Wu, MD; Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, FACG. P1465 - ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED SAMPLING OF SOLID PANCREATIC LESIONS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF 25 VS. 22 GAUGE CORE BIOPSY NEEDLES. Program No. P1465. ACG 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. San Antonio, Texas: American College of Gastroenterology.