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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.