Open AccessEndoscopic Ultrasound with Bronchoscope-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for the Diagnosis of Paraesophageally Located Lung Lesions
Author(s) -
I Christiansen,
Jolanda C. Kuijvenhoven,
Uffe Bødtger,
Therese Maria Henriette Naur,
Khaliq Ahmad,
Jatinder S. Sidhu,
Rafi Nessar,
Goran Nadir Salih,
Asbjørn Høegholm,
Jouke T. Annema,
Paul Frost Clementsen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000492578
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , endoscopic ultrasound , esophagus , bronchoscopy , radiology , lung , malignancy , adenocarcinoma , fine needle aspiration , endoscopy , cancer , biopsy , pathology , surgery
Diagnosing centrally located lung tumors without endobronchial abnormalities and not located near the major airways is a diagnostic challenge. Tumors near or adjacent to the esophagus can be aspirated and detected with esophageal ultrasound (EUS) using gastrointestinal endoscopes.