The utility of EBUS-TBNA in mediastinal or hilar lymph node evaluation in extrapulmonary malignancy

Erer O. F., Anar C., EROL S., Ozkan S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.46, sa.1, ss.112-119, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1407-113
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.112-119
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, extrapulmonary malignancy, lymph node, mediastinum, metastasis, TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION, ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND, EXTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCY, INTRATHORACIC LYMPHADENOPATHY, LUNG-CANCER, FDG-PET, DIAGNOSIS, METASTASES, STANDARD, BIOPSY
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with known extrapulmonary malignancy.