MEDIASTINAL BIOPSY FOR INDETERMINATE PULMONARY AND MEDIASTINAL LESIONS

Mediastinal biopsy for indeterminate chest lesions.

The current literature contains numerous reports on the importance of the mediastinal lymph nodes in the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary neoplasms. We recently described a technique by which the mediastinal contents could be explored directly with little risk (Stemmer, Calvin, Chandor, and Connolly, 1965). Figure 1 illustrates the operative technique. An oblique incision is made just later...

Contrast-enhanced US-guided percutaneous biopsy of anterior mediastinal lesions.

PURPOSE We aimed to explore the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in guidance of percutaneous biopsy of anterior mediastinal lesions. METHODS Ninety patients with solitary anterior mediastinal lesions (55 males, 35 females; mean age, 46±4 years) were included. Patients were randomly divided into CEUS group (n=45) and conventional ultrasonography (US) group (n=45). Real-time US...

Mediastinoscopy, Mediastinotomy And Thoracoscopy For Mediastinal Lesions

Mediastinal Cystic Lesions ; Experience of 77 Patients Mediastinal

1 Koray Aydogdu1, Gokturk Findik1, Yetkin Agackiran2, Furkan Sahin1, Nurettin Karaoglanoglu1, Irfan Tastepe3, Sadi Kaya1 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2Department of Pathology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Gazi Univesity, Ankara, Turkey Mediastinal Kistik Lezyonlar / Mediastinal Cystic Lesions Med...

Surgical management of mediastinal lesions.

Mediastinal tumors and cysts are relatively uncommon lesions requiring histologic confirmation. This retrospective study reports the experience of our department in the diagnosis and treatment of mediastinal lesions. Mediastinal lesions that were surgically treated in 200 patients aged 6-84 years, during a period of 28 years, were included in this series. Sixty patients had an apparently non-re...