Endobronchial ultrasound in hilar and conventional TBNA-negative/ inconclusive mediastinal lymphadenopathy

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-151

  Chhajed, Prashant N ^a   Odermatt, Rahel ^a   Von Garnier, Christophe ^a   Chaudhari, Parag ^b   Leuppi, Joerg D ^a   Stolz, Daiana ^a   Tamm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Pulmonology Medical Research and Development Mumbai   (India)

Author keywords

EBUS; mediastinal lymphadenopathy; TBNA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG HILUS; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OROPHARYNX CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CANCER; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIOLES; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM;

EID: 79960762307     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.82930     Document Type: Article

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