Open AccessPunção aspirativa guiada por ultrassom endobrônquico no diagnóstico e estadiamento de linfadenopatia mediastinal: experiência inicial no Brasil
Author(s) -
Miguel Lia Tedde,
Vivíane Rossi Figueiredo,
Ricardo Mingarini Terra,
Hélio Minamoto,
Fábio Biscegli Jatene
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jornal brasileiro de pneumologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1806-3756
pISSN - 1806-3713
DOI - 10.1590/s1806-37132012000100006
Subject(s) - medicine , humanities , philosophy
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a new method for the diagnosis and staging of mediastinal lymph nodes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the preliminary results obtained with EBUS-TBNA in the diagnosis of lesions and mediastinal lymph node staging.