Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases [PDF]
Open Medicine, 2015 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.
Wang Zhiguo, Jiang Chunmeng
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration combined with either endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration or endoscopic ultrasound using the EBUS scope-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosing and staging mediastinal diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Clinics, 2020 The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the available evidence base on endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) combined with either endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS ...
Yanhua Shen, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang
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Imaging features and differential diagnoses of non-neoplastic diffuse mediastinal diseases [PDF]
Insights Imaging, 2020 Acute or chronic non-neoplastic diffuse mediastinal diseases have multiple causes, degrees of severity, and a wide range of management. Some situations require emergency care while others do not need specific treatment.
Flavian Tabotta +9 more
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European Respiratory Review, 2021 The diagnosis of a mediastinal mass may be challenging for clinicians, since lesions arising within the mediastinum include a variety of disease entities, frequently requiring a multidisciplinary approach.
Maria-Rosa Ghigna +1 more
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Role of EBUS-TBNA in Non-Neoplastic Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy: Review of Literature
Diagnostics, 2022 Mediastinal lymphadenopathy is a condition in which one or more mediastinal lymph nodes are enlarged for malignant or benign causes, generally more than 10 mm.
Valentina Scano +7 more
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Diagnostic role of videothoracoscopy in mediastinal diseases. [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 1998 In order to assess the role of videothoracoscopy in the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases, we report a retrospective analysis of 52 cases of mediastinal biopsy performed with this technique.Between January 1992 and December 1996 52 patients (39 men and 13 women, mean age 53 +/- 29 years) with mediastinal lesions were referred to our department for ...
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The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2015 Context: Etiology and clinical spectrum of mediastinal diseases are very wide. Clinico-radiological pattern of mediastinal diseases depends on the size, location and etiology.
Dibyendu Saha, Jaydip Deb
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Can endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy replace fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic and mediastinal diseases? [PDF]
Endosc Ultrasound, 2017 New applications of confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) have been developed, such as needle-based CLE (nCLE) for pancreatic masses, pancreatic cystic tumors, and lymph nodes.
Jin-Tao Guo +8 more
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PulmonologyBackground Clinical guidelines recommend endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) as the initial diagnostic tool for lung cancer staging.
Yong-Jia Qi +16 more
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PulmonologyIntroduction Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the standard approach for lung cancer staging. However, its diagnostic utility for other mediastinal diseases might be hampered by the limited tissue retrieved ...
T.-L. Cheng +10 more
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