Open AccessRole of EUS-FNA in recurrent lung cancer: Maximum results with minimum (minimally invasive) effort
Author(s) -
Ana Maria Ioncică,
Mehmet Bektaş,
Rei Suzuki,
Adrian Săftoiu,
Everson L.A. Artifon,
Manoop S. Bhutani
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/2303-9027.117696
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , endoscopic ultrasound , radiology , fine needle aspiration , hilum (anatomy) , lung , lung cancer staging , cancer , oncology , biopsy , mediastinoscopy
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is an excellent method for primary lung cancer staging. We describe a 66-year-old male who underwent EUS-FNA for the diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer. Two years after initial radiation therapy followed by complete remission, routine follow-up imaging study revealed a mass in the right hilum. Trans-esophageal EUS revealed a 1.3-cm mass and the result of EUS-FNA was consistent with non-small lung cancer. EUS-FNA can play an important role in diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer as well as primary staging avoiding the more invasive diagnostic technique.