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Histological diagnosis of spinal chondrosarcoma by endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Author(s) -
NAKAJIMA Takahiro,
YASUFUKU Kazuhiro,
SUZUKI Makoto,
SEKINE Yasuo,
SHIBUYA Kiyoshi,
HIROSHIMA Kenzo,
FUJISAWA Takehiko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01028.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endobronchial ultrasound , chondrosarcoma , radiology , fine needle aspiration , bronchoscopy , biopsy
Rare neoplastic diseases including sarcomas can occur in the middle mediastinum. Obtaining a histological specimen is crucial for diagnosis and for establishing a treatment plan. Our research group has recently reported a minimal invasive method of tissue sampling of the mediastinum using direct real‐time endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration. By the use of this new modality, histological cores can be obtained for pathological diagnosis that can be used for immunohistochemistry as well as genetic analysis. A very rare case of spinal chondrosarcoma due to hereditary multiple exostoses successfully diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration and by immunohistochemistry with genetic analysis is reported.