Isolated mediastinal adenopathy: The case for mediastinoscopy

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-101

  McManus, Terence E ^a,b   Haydock, David A ^a   Alison, Peter M ^a   Kolbe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Mediastinoscopy; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATED MEDIASTINAL ADENOPATHY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAGING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449100703     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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