Usefulness of Macroscopic On-Site Evaluation Using a Stereomicroscope during EUS-FNB for Diagnosing Solid Pancreatic Lesions

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	n = 60
Age, median (IQR)	67 (60–72.75)
Sex, male, N (%)	41 (68.3)
Size of the lesion, median (IQR) (mm)	25.5 (20–37)
Targeted area in the pancreas, n (%)
Head	21 (35)
Body	18 (30)
Tail	13 (21.7)
Uncinate process	8 (13.3)
Number of passes, median (IQR)	2 (1-2)
Final diagnosis, n (%)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	45 (75)
Autoimmune pancreatitis (type 1)	6 (10)
Mass-forming pancreatitis	4 (6.7)
Pancreatic metastasis	1 (1.7)
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor	2 (3.3)
Intraductal papillary mucinous carcinoma	2 (3.3)

IQR: interquartile range.