Open AccessTransesophageal Bronchoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
Masahide Oki,
Hideo Saka,
Chiyoe Kitagawa,
Yoshihito Kogure,
Naohiko Murata,
Takashi Adachi,
Shu Ichihara,
Suzuko Moritani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000345207
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , esophagus , ultrasound , fine needle aspiration , bronchoscopy , endoscopy , stage (stratigraphy) , tuberculosis , biopsy , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Several studies have reported that specimens from mediastinal lesions located adjacent to the esophagus can be sampled using an ultrasound bronchoscope instead of an ultrasound endoscope.
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