Using Transesophageal Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine-needle Aspiration to Diagnose Sarcoidosis in Patients With Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
| Autor: | Thomas J. Savides, Anthony Perricone, Cynthia Behling, Jana R. Cooke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Endoscopic ultrasound medicine.medical_specialty Mediastinal lymphadenopathy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Lymph node biopsy Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Malignancy medicine.disease Mediastinoscopy Fine-needle aspiration medicine In patient Radiology Sarcoidosis business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. 15:13-17 |
| ISSN: | 1068-0640 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/cpm.0b013e318160da89 |
| Popis: | Diffuse mediastinal lymphadenopathy may be caused by infection, malignancy, or sarcoidosis, and often requires mediastinoscopy for diagnostic lymph node biopsy. Preliminary data show that transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration may be an accurate and less invasiv |
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