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Mediastinitis caused by EUS-FNA of a bronchogenic cyst
J T Annema1, M Veseliç, M I Versteegh
1Dept. of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Post Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. j.t.annema@lumc.nl
Endoscopy
|August 21, 2003
Abstract:
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe and minimally invasive diagnostic technique for the analysis of mediastinal lesions. This case report describes a patient who developed a life-threatening mediastinitis after EUS-FNA of a mediastinal lesion, which (based on computed tomography of the thorax) had been suspected to be a lymph-node metastasis, but proved to be a bronchogenic cyst.