Abstract:Objective To explore the feasibility and safety of endoscopic ultrasound‑guided fine‑needle aspiration (EUS‑FNA) for diagnosing prostate diseases. Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical and pathological data of patients who underwent EUS‑FNA for the first time at Wuhan Fourth Hospital and Xiangyang Central Hospital between February 2010 and March 2018. Primary outcomes included the pathological diagnostic results, diagnostic accuracy, and procedure‑related complications of EUS‑FNA. Patients were grouped by needle gauge (19 G VS 22 G) to compare specimen adequacy and complication incidence. Results Thirty‑five patients were aged 67 (57, 75) years, with prostate volumes of 37.8 (31.8, 54.0) mL. Initial EUS‑FNA pathological diagnosis revealed primary prostate cancer in 17 cases (48.6%), metastatic cancer in 1 case (2.8%), multiple myeloma with prostatic involvement in 1 case (2.8%), rectal stromal tumor with prostatic involvment in 1 case (2.8%), abscess in 2 cases (5.7%), benign prostatic hyperplasia in 6 cases (17.1%), normal prostate in 5 cases (14.3%), and no definitive pathological diagnosis in 2 cases (5.7%). At 1‑year follow‑up, 30 patients (85.7%) had final diagnosis. The two initially non‑diagnostic cases were ultimately confirmed as primary prostate cancer. The final diagnoses of the remaining 28 patients were consistent with the initial biopsy results. The overall diagnostic accuracy of EUS‑FNA was 93.3% (28/30, 95%CI: 78.7%‑98.2%). Minor complications occurred in 5 patients (14.3%) and resolved with conservative management, and no serious adverse events occurred. There was no statistically significant difference in the pathological diagnosis success rate and incidence of complications between 19 G and 22 G puncture needles (P0.05). The feasibility of immunohistochemical testing with 19 G puncture needle specimens was superior to the 22 G puncture needle specimens, but the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.084), while in terms of the feasibility of Gleason score, 19 G puncture needle was superior to 22 G punture needle with signifcant difference (P0.001). Conclusion EUS‑FNA is a feasible and safe technique for the diagnosis of prostate diseases and has high diagnostic value for prostate cancer. In this study, the 19 G puncture needle provides superior specimen quality compared with the 22 G puncture needle.