Open AccessEvaluation of the diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for metastatic mediastinal tumors
Author(s) -
Dariusz Dziedzic,
Adam Peryt,
Małgorzata Szołkowska,
Renata Langfort,
T Orłowski
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/2303-9027.183973
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinoscopy , radiology , mediastinum , mediastinal lymph node , lymph node , thoracotomy , sarcoidosis , biopsy , lung cancer , metastasis , lymph , wedge resection , fine needle aspiration , surgery , cancer , resection , oncology , pathology
The mediastinum is a relatively uncommon site of distant metastases, which typically appear as peripheral lung nodules. We chose to assess the utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for the diagnosis of distant metastases to the mediastinum.