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We compared diagnostic accuracy of CH-EUS-fine needle aspiration (CH-EUS-FNA) and standard EUS-FNA in patients with suspected malignant biliary stenosis.<\/jats:p><jats:p>A parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted in a tertiary medical center and included jaundiced patients with suspected malignant biliary stenosis on computed tomography. The patients were assigned randomly to EUS-FNA or CH-EUS-FNA groups. Final diagnosis was determined based on EUS-FNA, surgical specimen results, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), or 12-month follow-up.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Sixty-one patients were included in the study, 31 in the EUS-FNA group and 30 in the CH-EUS-FNA group. Mean age of participants was 74 \u00b1 11.04 years and mean tumor size was 20.39 \u00b1 9.17 mm, with 43 tumors in the distal bile duct. Final diagnoses were cholangiocarcinoma (37 cases), pancreatic ductal carcinoma (12 cases), other malignancies (3 cases), and benign lesion (9 cases). Diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 83.3%, 100%, and 87.1% for EUS-FNA, and 82.1%, 100%, and 83.3% for CH-EUS-FNA. Plastic biliary stent placement and tumor location did not influence results. 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