Endobronchial ultrasound convex probe for lymphoma, sarcoidosis, lung cancer and other thoracic entities. A case series

Paul Zarogoulidis; Haidong Huang; Chong Bai; Christoforos Kosmidis; Georgia Trakada; Lemonia Veletza; Theodora Tsiouda; Nikolaos Barbetakis; Dimitrios Paliouras; Evangelia Athanasiou; Dimitris Hatzibougias; Anastasios Kallianos; Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos; Liana Papaemmanouil; Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.08.016

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2017)

Endobronchial ultrasound convex probe for lymphoma, sarcoidosis, lung cancer and other thoracic entities. A case series

Paul Zarogoulidis,
Haidong Huang,
Chong Bai,
Christoforos Kosmidis,
Georgia Trakada,
Lemonia Veletza,
Theodora Tsiouda,
Nikolaos Barbetakis,
Dimitrios Paliouras,
Evangelia Athanasiou,
Dimitris Hatzibougias,
Anastasios Kallianos,
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos,
Liana Papaemmanouil,
Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt

Affiliations

Paul Zarogoulidis: Pulmonary Oncology Unit, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Haidong Huang: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Chong Bai: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Christoforos Kosmidis: Surgery Department, “Interbalkan” European Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
Georgia Trakada: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Lemonia Veletza: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Theodora Tsiouda: Pulmonary-Oncology Unit, “Theageneio” Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolaos Barbetakis: Thoracic Surgery Department, “Theageneio” Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Paliouras: Thoracic Surgery Department, “Theageneio” Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Evangelia Athanasiou: Private Pathology Center “Microdiagnostics”, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitris Hatzibougias: Private Pathology Center “Microdiagnostics”, Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Kallianos: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), London, UK
Liana Papaemmanouil: Pathology Department (NHS), “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt: Sana Clinic Group Franken, Department of Cardiology/Pulmonology/Intensive Care/Nephrology, “Hof’’ Clinics, University of Erlangen, Hof, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.08.016
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. C
pp. 187 – 196

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Endobronchial ultrasound endoscopy is a state of the art diagnostic endoscopic procedure for the thorax. Firstly it was designed mainly for the staging of lung cancer and of course for the diagnosis of suspicious findings in large central airways. The main limitation of the equipment is the diameter of the instrument and therefore it can only be guided through large airways. However; the diameter of the working channel also provides a large tissue sample nowadays with the 19G biopsy needle. We will provide our experience with the 22G needle of the endobronchial convex-probe in several medical situations of the thorax.

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
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