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

Author: Byungju KANG ¹ ; Mi Ae KIM ; Bo Young LEE ; Hwan YOON ; Dong Kyu OH ; Hee Sang HWANG ; Changmin CHOI
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1. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ccm@amc.seoul.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Mesothelioma; Diagnosis; Bronchoscopy; Ultrasonography; Lymph Nodes
MeSH: Biopsy; Bronchoalveolar Lavage; Bronchoscopy; Dyspnea; Female; Humans; Korea; Lung; Lymph Nodes; Mesothelioma; Needles; Pleural Effusion; Pleurodesis; Porphyrins; Positron-Emission Tomography; Talc; Thorax
From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013;74(2):74-78
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: 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.