Does anthracosis reported in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration exclude metastasis?

EROL S., Anar C., Erer O. F., Aydogdu Z., Aktogu S.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.12-16, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_5_18
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.12-16
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anthracosis, endobronchial ultrasound-guided, interventional pulmonology, thoracic cancer, MEDIASTINAL LYMPH-NODE, CELL LUNG-CANCER, EXTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCY, EBUS-TBNA, BRONCHIAL ANTHRACOFIBROSIS, LYMPHADENOPATHY, TUBERCULOSIS, DIAGNOSIS, UTILITY, PROVEN
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVES: In some studies, it has been hypothesized that anthracotic pigmentation in mediastinal lymph nodes is a sign of benign conditions and excludes metastasis from thoracic and extrathoracic malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of mediastinal lymph node anthracosis in cancer patients who underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA).