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Table 2 Definitive diagnoses obtained at EUS-FNA

From: Endoscopic ultrasound – fine needle aspiration of 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose avid lymph nodes seen on positron emission tomography- computed tomography –what looks like cancer may not always be so

Diagnosis

Frequency; (%age)

Malignant:

 

Classic Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

13; (31 · 7)

Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

1; (2 · 4)

T-cell Lymphoma

1; (2 · 4)

Ovarian Carcinoma

3; (7 · 3)

Rectal Adenocarcinoma

1; (2 · 4)

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour

2; (4 · 8)

Total malignant

21; (51 · 2)

Benign:

 

Granulomatous Inflammation

12; (29 · 2)

Reactive lymph node

3; (7 · 3)

Total Benign

15; (36.5)

Total (Definitive Diagnosis)

36; (87.8)

Inconclusive

5; (12.1)

Total (Overall)

41; (100)