Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound in mediastinal tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Malay Sharma,
Ruth Shifa Ecka,
Somasundaram Arumugam,
Abid Shoukat,
Vijendra Kirnake
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0970-2113.177451
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic ultrasound , radiology , ultrasound , lymph , fine needle aspiration , tuberculosis , ultrasonography , mediastinum , cervical lymph nodes , endoscopic ultrasonography , endoscopy , pathology , metastasis , cancer , biopsy
Tubercular lymphadenitis is the commonest extra pulmonary manifestation in cervical and mediastinal locations. Normal characteristics of lymph nodes (LN) have been described on ultrasonography as well as by Endoscopic Ultrasound. Many ultrasonic features have been described for evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes. The inter and intraobserver agreement of the endosonographic features have not been uniformly established.