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Transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of mediastinal amyloidosis.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Leiro-Fernández, Virginia Botana-Rial, Maribel Represas, Cristina Represas Fernández-Villar, Alberto |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | We read with interest the pulmonary puzzle by Khor et al 1 on mediastinal lymph node amyloidosis diagnosed by direct real-time endobronchial ultrasound-guided (EBUS) transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA). The development of EBUS-TBNA is improving the diagnostic yield of mediastinal lymphadenopathy.2 However, we offer some comments about the diagnostic approach used in the case described. First, in our opinion, conventional TBNA continues … |
| Starting Page | 543 |
| Ending Page | 543 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.204.9133&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2010/08/17/thx.2010.138628.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 20716576v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2010.138628 |
| DOI | 10.1136/thx.2010.138628 |
| Journal | Thorax |
| Volume Number | 66 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Amyloidosis Aspiration Pneumonia Axis vertebra Diagnostic Techniques, Otological Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Malignant tumor of mediastinum Mediastinal lymph node group Mediastinal lymphadenopathy Mediastinoscopy Needle device Patients Scientific Publication Sedation procedure TBNA of lymph node Tuberculosis Ultrasonography Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration lymph nodes |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |