Background and Study Aim: The present study assesses the feasibility as well as the technical and functional success rates of a novel endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HGS) technique called the locking stent method that uses end-bare covered metallic stents (EBCMS). Methods: Twenty consecutive patients who were histologically diagnosed with unresectable cancer complicated with obstructive jaundice underwent EUS-HGS due to failed endoscopic ... Read more

A 67-year-old man with small cell lung cancer was referred to our department. The patient had received chemotherapy for lung cancer and complained of no specific symptoms. Follow-up positron emission tomography (PET) showed a new duodenal lesion. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) with the specimens obtained by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) showed that the lesion was metastasis from lung cancer. These results ... Read more