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Ultrasound‐guided aspiration biopsy of anterior mediastinal masses
Author(s) -
Tikkakoski Tapani,
Lohela Pentti,
Leppänen Martti,
ApajaSarkkinen Meeri,
Typpö Tapani,
Mäkäräinen Hanna
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870190404
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinoscopy , thoracotomy , radiology , biopsy , thymoma , fine needle aspiration , mediastinum , mediastinal tumor , lymphoma , anterior mediastinum , mediastinal mass , pathology , surgery
Five anterior mediastinal tumors were biopsied with a fine needle under ultrasound guidance. All the tumors were solid, hypoechoic, perivascularly situated masses. Their mean diameter was 7.2 cm. Cytologically there were 2 mediastinal metastatic carcinomas, 1 poorly differentiated carcinoma or non‐Hodgkin lymphoma, 1 germ‐cell tumor (embryonal cell carcinoma), and 1 malignant lymphoma or thymoma. There were no complications. Ultrasound‐guided anterior mediastinal aspiration biopsy is a safe and rapid procedure in the evaluation of anterior mediastinal masses. Biopsy of a mediastinal mass enables simultaneous diagnosis and staging. Mediastinoscopy and diagnostic thoracotomy can be avoided.