Diagnosis of a malignant mesothelioma by EUS-guided FNA of a mediastinal lymph node

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 859-861

  Kahi, Charles J ^a   Dewitt, John M ^a,d   Lykens, Michael ^b   Leblanc, Julia Kim ^a   Chappo, John ^c   McHenry, Lee ^d   Sherman, Stuart ^d  

^a Third Department of Internal Medicine

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Thailand)

^c Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine ^*

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEBULIZATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MESOTHELIOMA;

EID: 9244261038     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02177-7     Document Type: Article

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