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Use of Electromagnetic Navigational Transthoracic Needle Aspiration E-TTNA for Sampling of Lung Nodules
Published on: May 23, 2015
Multiple pulmonary nodules with high metabolic activity: Potential benefit of multiple nodule biopsies by
Jinlin Wang1, Shiyue Li, Jun Liu
1Departments of Respiratory Medicine ; The State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to assess complex cases of multiple pulmonary nodules (PNs) with high metabolic activity that may have benefited from being managed in a manner outside the formal guidelines. The study describes the case of a patient with multiple highly metabolically-active PNs, where an original diagnosis of lung cancer metastasis was proposed. Following a failed transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), multiple nodule biopsies by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) were performed, and a diagnosis of lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC; stage IA) and tuberculosis was reached. This case report demonstrated that multiple nodule biopsies by VATS were effective and were able to improve the prognosis without delay.
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