Open AccessEndobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration of a paraspinal mass with prior failed multiple diagnostic interventions: A case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Nishant Sinha,
Vivek Padegal,
Deepthi Jermely,
S Satish,
HK Santosh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.142149
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , fine needle aspiration , radiology , endobronchial ultrasound , psychological intervention , fine needle aspiration cytology , ultrasound , endoscopic ultrasound , granulomatous inflammation , surgery , biopsy , bronchoscopy , pathology , psychiatry
The increasing frequency of tuberculosis (TB) in both developed and developing countries has continued to make spinal TB an important health problem. The present case report is about a patient who presented to us with progressive back pain and paraspinal mass. We performed endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration from the paraspinal mass. The cytology showed granulomatous inflammation suggestive of TB.