The role of endobronchial ultrasonography for mediastinal lymphadenopathy in cases with extrathoracic malignancy

TERTEMİZ K. C., ÖZGEN ALPAYDIN A., KARAÇAM V.

SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, vol.31, no.7, pp.2829-2836, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00464-016-5293-z
  • Journal Name: SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2829-2836
  • Keywords: EBUS-TBNA, Extrathoracic malignancy, Mediastinal, Hilar lymphadenopathy, TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION, LYMPH-NODE METASTASES, LUNG-CANCER, ULTRASOUND, DIAGNOSIS, BIOPSY, SARCOIDOSIS, CARCINOMA, TRIAL
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction Many extrathoracic malignancies can metastasize to lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes. Whether mediastinal lesions are metastasis in these patients changes staging, prognosis, and treatment strategy. In this study, we aimed to find out the contribution of EBUS-TBNA to the diagnosis in cases with extrathoracic malignancy.