Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases

EUS is a useful tool for diagnosis of mediastinal diseases. EUS-FNA plays an important role in staging of lung cancer and in tissue acquisition in patients with mediastinal masses. In this review, the following issues will be addressed: EUS-FNA and EBUS-TBNA, metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes diagn...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhiguo, Jiang, Chunmeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2015
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5368883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28352755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/med-2015-0095
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Sumario:EUS is a useful tool for diagnosis of mediastinal diseases. EUS-FNA plays an important role in staging of lung cancer and in tissue acquisition in patients with mediastinal masses. In this review, the following issues will be addressed: EUS-FNA and EBUS-TBNA, metastatic mediastinal lymph nodes diagnosed by EUS, EUS in assessment of mediastinal lymph node status for staging of lung cancer, mediastinal lymphoma diagnosed by EUS, sarcoidosis and tuberculosis diagnosed by EUS.

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