Ultrasound Identification of Reactive Lymphadenopathy

Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for lymphadenopathy

Lymphadenopathy may be difficult to diagnose using imaging results alone. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) may help to diagnose and determine the appropriate management of lymphadenopathy. EUS-FNA has been used as a safe and less invasive method for obtaining pathologic specimens from extraluminal lesions using endoscopic ultrasound. The present study evaluated the ...

[Castleman's disease in a patient with recurrent reactive lymphadenopathy].

Castleman's disease is an uncommon benign disorder associated with progressive lymph node enlargement. It most commonly involves the mediastinum and involvement of the neck accounts for 6%. A 28-year-old male presented with a progressively enlarging left-sided neck mass. He had a history of excisional lymph node biopsy that yielded a histopathologic diagnosis of reactive lymphadenopathy. In our...

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in diagnosing mediastinal lymphadenopathy

CONTEXT The diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy is always a challenge. There always a need of a technique that is highly accurate as well as safe for diagnosis the same. AIMS The aim of the study is to assess the clinical usefulness and safety profile of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in diagnosing the patients with mediastinal lymphadenopath...

Lymphadenopathy.

Transcriptional Profiling of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Lymph Node Samples Aids Diagnosis of Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy.

BACKGROUND Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided biopsy is the mainstay for investigation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy for laboratory diagnosis of malignancy, sarcoidosis, or TB. However, improved methods for discriminating between TB and sarcoidosis and excluding malignancy are still needed. We sought to evaluate the role of genomewide transcriptional profiling to aid diagnostic processes i...