To study the diagnostic yield of EUS-guided FNA in diagnosing sarcoidosis with predominant LN or masses.
Retrospective chart review.
Teaching university hospital.
Analysis of 21 consecutive patients with sarcoidosis and predominant mediastinal and/or intra-abdominal LN or masses who underwent EUS-guided FNA.
EUS-guided FNA diagnosed sarcoidosis in 18 of 21 patients (86 % ). In 3 patients, EUS-guided FNA was either not diagnostic or inconclusive, and patients underwent mediastinoscopy with lymphadenectomy, which established the diagnosis of sarcoidosis. Seven of the 21 patients (33 % ) had intra-abdominal LN and/or masses, and EUS-guided FNA of the intra-abdominal pathology was diagnostic of sarcoidosis in 4 of the 7 patients (57 % ). Four of the 21 patients (19 % ) had a history of malignancy, and use of EUS-guided FNA helped in ruling out the recurrence of malignancy in 3 of the 4 patients (75 % ).
Mycobacterial and fungal culture was not obtained in all patients.
EUS-guided FNA offers a practical, minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis in patients who present with predominant mediastinal and/or intra-abdominal LN or masses.
© 2004-2018 中国地质图书馆版权所有 京ICP备05064691号 京公网安备11010802017129号 地址:北京市海淀区学院路29号 邮编:100083 电话:办公室:(+86 10)66554848;文献借阅、咨询服务、科技查新:66554700 |