Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Byungju Kang¹  Mi Ae Kim¹  Bo Young Lee¹  Hwan Yoon¹  Dong Kyu Oh¹  Hee Sang Hwang²  Changmin Choi¹ 

[1] Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine;Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

关键词: Mesothelioma;    Diagnosis;    Bronchoscopy;    Ultrasonography;    Lymph Nodes;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2013.74.2.74

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

A 61-year-old woman came to the hospital with dyspnea and pleural effusion on chest radiography. She underwent repeated thoracentesis, transbronchial lung biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage, and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy with talc pleurodesis, but diagnosis of her was uncertain. Positron emission tomography showed multiple lymphadenopathies, so she underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes. Here, we report a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma that was eventually diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration. This is an unusual and first case in Korea.

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