New technique performed by using EUS access for biopsy of para-aortic (station 6) mediastinal lymph nodes without traversing the aorta (with video)

Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 May;73(5):1048-51. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.025. Epub 2011 Mar 22.

Authors

Moishe Liberman¹, André Duranceau, Etienne Grunenwald, Jocelyne Martin, Vicky Thiffault, Mohamed Khereba, Pasquale Ferraro

Affiliation

¹ CHUM Endoscopic Tracheobronchial and Oesophageal Center (CETOC), Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

PMID: 21429489
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.01.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic
Biopsy / methods*
Diagnosis, Differential
Endosonography / methods*
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Lymphatic Metastasis
Mediastinum
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging / methods*
Pelvic Neoplasms / diagnosis
Pelvic Neoplasms / secondary*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / secondary*