Respir Case Rep. 2016; 5(3): 178-180 | DOI: 10.5505/respircase.2016.75046

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Detected by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Aysegul Senturk¹, Ebru Sengul Parlak¹, Elif Babaoglu², Hayriye Tatli Dogan³, Hatice Canan Hasanoglu^4
1Ankara Ataturk Training And Research Hospital, Department Of Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara
²Hacettepe University, Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara
³Ankara Ataturk Training And Research Hospital, Department Of Pathology, Ankara
⁴Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara

A 63-year-old man was admitted to our clinic with left hilar lymphadenopathy on his chest radiography. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography showed multiple regions of high metabolic activity on the left pleura and left interlobar lymph nodes. Histopathological examination of the lymph node material obtained by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) revealed malignant mesothelioma. This case report demonstrates the usefulness of EBUS-TBNA in the diagnosis of metastatic mesothelioma.

Keywords: endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS), mediastinal lymph node, mesothelioma

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EBUS Transbronþial Ýðne Aspirasyon Biyopsisi ile Taný Konulan Malign Plevral Mezotelyoma Olgusu

Aysegul Senturk¹, Ebru Sengul Parlak¹, Elif Babaoglu², Hayriye Tatli Dogan³, Hatice Canan Hasanoglu^4
1Ankara Atatürk Eðitim Ve Araþtýrma Hastanesi, Göðüs Hastalýklarý Kliniði, Ankara
²Hacettepe Üniversitesi Týp Fakültesi, Göðüs Hastalýklarý Kliniði, Ankara
³Ankara Atatürk Eðitim Ve Araþtýrma Hastanesi, Patoloji, Ankara
⁴Yýldýrým Beyazýt Ünversitesi, Týp Fakültesi, Göðüs Hastalýklarý Kliniði, Ankara

Posteroanterior akciðer grafisinde sol hiler lenfadenopati saptanan 63 yaþýnda erkek hasta kliniðimize baþvurdu. PET-CT'de solda lenf bezlerinde ve plevrada artmýþ florodeoksiglukoz tutulumu saptandý. Endobronþiyal ultrason transbronþiyal iðne aspirasyonu (EBUS-TBÝA) ile elde histopatoljik incelemede malign mezotelyoma saptandý. Bu olgu ile EBUS-TBNA'nýn metastatik malign mezotelyoma olgularýnda kullanýmýnýn faydalý olduðu gösterildi.

Anahtar Kelimeler: endobronþiyal ultrason (EBUS), mediastinal lenfadenopati, mezotelyoma

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