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Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in malignancy: metastatic or granulomatous?
Santhakumar Subramanian1, H S Sandeepa, Parag Chaudhari
1Lung Care and Sleep Centre, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, Navi M. Umbai and Institute of Pulmonology Medical Research and Development, Mumbai, India.
Abstract:
Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in patients with malignancy may not be always metastatic disease. We present three patients with proven thoracic or extra thoracic malignancies with mediastinal lymphadenopathy which were subsequently proven as granulomatous lymphadenitis by endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). The objective of the current report is to emphasise that granulomatous lymphadenitis should be considered as an important differential diagnosis in such patients especially in tuberculosis endemic countries like India.
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