Clinical implications of granulomatous inflammation detected by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected cancer recurrence in the mediastinum.
dc.contributor.author | Kennedy, Marcus P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jimenez, Carlos A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mhatre, Ashwini D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Morice, Rodolfo C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Eapen, George A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-06T14:05:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-06T14:05:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-02-25 | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-09-06T13:59:42Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Granulomatous inflammation has been previously reported in association with cancer. Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a new minimally invasive test for investigating mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The identification of granulomatous inflammation by EBUS-TBNA and the clinical implications of such detection in a series of patients with previously treated cancer and new mediastinal lymphadenopathy has not previously been performed. Methods: All 153 consecutive patients undergoing EBUS-TBNA in an academic cancer institution for suspected cancer in the mediastinum (mediastinal lymphadenopathy by CT imaging) were reviewed. Patients with non-caseating granuloma identified by EBUS-TBNA were included. Results: EBUS-TBNA identified non-caseating granuloma in 17/153 (11%) patients. A subset of 8/153 (5.2%) had sarcoid like lymphadenopathy mimicking cancer recurrence (5/5 PET positive). Another 8/153 (5.2%) patients with new mediastinal lymphadenopathy and no prior history of cancer had a clinical syndrome consistent with sarcoidosis. One other patient with a history of breast cancer was diagnosed with non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection. No patient required mediastinoscopy and there were no complications. Conclusion: In an academic cancer institute, at least 5% of patients undergoing EBUS-TBNA have sarcoid-like lymphadenopathy mimicking cancer recurrence. Further studies to define the precise etiology, natural history and prognosis of this phenomenon are warranted. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.articleid | 8 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Kennedy, M. P., Jimenez, C. A., Mhatre, A. D., Morice, R. C. and Eapen, G. A. (2008) 'Clinical implications of granulomatous inflammation detected by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected cancer recurrence in the mediastinum', Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 3(1) 8 (5 pp). doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-3-8 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1749-8090-3-8 | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1749-8090 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 5 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1749-8090 | |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/8464 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 3 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BMC. Part of Springer Nature | en |
dc.relation.uri | https://cardiothoracicsurgery.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1749-8090-3-8 | |
dc.rights | © 2008 Kennedy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | en |
dc.subject | Biopsy, needle | en |
dc.subject | Bronchoscopy | en |
dc.subject | Diagnosis, differential | en |
dc.subject | Endosonography | en |
dc.subject | Follow-up studies | en |
dc.subject | Granuloma | en |
dc.subject | Mediastinal diseases | en |
dc.subject | Mediastinal neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | Neoplasm recurrence, local | en |
dc.subject | Retrospective studies | en |
dc.subject | Tomography, x-ray computed | en |
dc.subject | Bronchoscopy | en |
dc.subject | Computer assisted tomography | en |
dc.subject | Endoscopic echography | en |
dc.subject | Echography | en |
dc.subject | Mediastinum disease | en |
dc.subject | Mediastinum tumor | en |
dc.subject | Needle biopsy | en |
dc.subject | Tumor recurrence | en |
dc.subject | Radiography | en |
dc.subject | Sarcoidosis | en |
dc.subject | Granuloma | en |
dc.subject | Sarcoid-like reaction | en |
dc.title | Clinical implications of granulomatous inflammation detected by endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with suspected cancer recurrence in the mediastinum. | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |