Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastases of melanoma | Zendy

J. Fernando ValBernal | Zendy; María Martino | Zendy; Elena Yllera | Zendy; Félix Romay | Zendy; María SánchezAres | Zendy; Ihab Abdulkader | Zendy

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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastases of melanoma

Author(s) -

J. Fernando ValBernal,

María Martino,

Elena Yllera,

Félix Romay,

María SánchezAres,

Ihab Abdulkader

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

turkish journal of pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 1309-5730

pISSN - 1018-5615

DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2018.01437

Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , radiology , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , lymph node , mediastinal lymph node , lymph , metastasis , lung cancer , lung , pathology , cancer , biopsy , cancer research

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive technique for investigating hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. This study reports eleven cases in which EBUS-TBNA was used to assess mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes for the presence of metastatic melanoma.

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