Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) features of mediastinal tubercular lymphadenopathy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 107-108, 2011, Pages 819-823

  Rana, Surinder Singh ^a   Bhasin, Deepak K ^a   Srinivasan, Radhika ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Endoscopic ultrasound; Lymphoma; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL TUBERCULAR LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MEDIASTINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80051658779     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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