The sonographic features of malignant mediastinal lymph nodes and a proposal for an algorithmic approach for sampling during endobronchial ultrasound

Alici, Ibrahim; YILMAZ DEMİRCİ, NİLGÜN; Yilmaz, Aydin; KARAKAYA KARABULUT, JALE; Ozaydin, Esra

doi:10.1111/crj.12267

The sonographic features of malignant mediastinal lymph nodes and a proposal for an algorithmic approach for sampling during endobronchial ultrasound

Alici I. O., YILMAZ DEMİRCİ N., Yilmaz A., KARAKAYA KARABULUT J., Ozaydin E.

CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, vol.10, no.5, pp.606-613, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 10 Issue: 5
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1111/crj.12267
Journal Name: CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.606-613
Keywords: algorithm, endobronchial ultrasound, lung cancer, mediastinum, LUNG-CANCER, SYSTEM, IMAGES
Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

IntroductionThere are several papers on the sonographic features of mediastinal lymph nodes affected by several diseases, but none gives the importance and clinical utility of the features.