Open AccessEndobronchial ultrasound in hilar and conventional TBNA-negative/inconclusive mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Author(s) -
Prashant N. Chhajed,
Rahel Odermatt,
Christophe von Garnier,
Parag Chaudhari,
Joerg D. Leuppi,
Daiana Stolz,
Michael Tamm
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.82930
Subject(s) - mediastinal lymphadenopathy , malignancy , medicine , radiology , lymph , lymph node , endobronchial ultrasound , mediastinal lymph node , biopsy , pathology , bronchoscopy , metastasis , cancer
Assess the diagnostic yield of real-time bronchoscopic ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS TBNA) in conventional TBNA-negative mediastinal lymphadenopathy and hilar lymphadenopathy.