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19994594

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
Sarcoidosis is a multi-organ disorder of unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas. The specimen for histopathological diagnosis is usually obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), but the diagnostic accuracy rate of TBLB is not satisfactory, especially for stage I patients. Since hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy is a common finding in patients with sarcoidosis, an approach to lymph nodes is expected to have a good diagnosis yield. We present 3 sarcoidosis patients in whom specimens obtained by TBLB, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) and transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography guided-fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA). The histopathological appearance of specimens obtained by EUS-FNA for swollen mediastinal lymph nodes showed noncaseating epithelioid granulomas which are characteristic of sarcoidosis in all 3 patients. On the other hand, no specific findings were recognized in the specimens obtained by TBLB and TBNA in 2 out of 3 patients. These results suggest that EUS-FNA is useful to obtain diagnostic specimens in cases of sarcoidosis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
996-1001
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
[Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography guided-fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports