OBJECTIVE To report our experiences of surgical diagnostic procedures in patients with unidentified mediastinal pathology. METHODS From July 1995 to July 1999, 72 patients with mediastinal pathology had 73 surgical procedures for the purpose of tissue diagnosis. Of the 72 patients, 39 were female and 33 male, with an average age of 54 years. Mediastinoscopy and anterior mediastinotomy were pe...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Selecting the diagnostic procedure for mediastinal restaging after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in Stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients remains a problem. The aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for the evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes in the restagi...

we describe a patient with newly diagnosed limy cancer. staging was performed with ct and mediastinoscopy. fdg pet scan was performed and confirmed increased metabolic activity in the primary tumor as well as the hilar lymph node. seven months after initial presentation, the patient was found to have two lytic lesions in the pelvis on plain radiograph. hone scan was negative but pet demonstrate...

Biopsy, using mediastinoscopy is commonly employed for accurate histologic diagnosis of a mediastinal mass. However, since the mass is not removed during the procedure, it may cause compression of vital structures such as major airways, the heart, the pulmonary artery, and the superior vena cava after surgery. We observed a case of a 66-year-old man with a mediastinal mass that caused severe ai...