EUS and fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of mediastinal masses superior to the aortic arch

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 793-797

  Arluk, Glen M ^a   Coyle, Walter J ^a  

^a Charette Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0035380675     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.115338     Document Type: Article

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