The role of mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-199

  Porte, H ^a   Roumilhac, D ^a   Eraldi, L ^a   Cordonnier, C ^a   Puech, P ^a   Wurtz, A ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hodgkin's lymphoma; Lung cancer; Mediastinoscopy; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MORBIDITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032007474     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)00324-2     Document Type: Article

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