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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2015

Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part I: endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and transcutaneous mediastinal ultrasound (TMUS), introduction into ultrasound techniques.

Christoph Frank Dietrich, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christian Jenssen

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Review of Dancing Parasites in Lymphatic Filariasis.Ultrasound international open · 2019
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  19. Ultrasound findings in autoimmune hepatitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christoph Frank Dietrich1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
Jouke Tabe Annema1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
Paul Clementsen1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
Xin Wu Cui1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
Mathias Maximilian Borst1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.
Christian Jenssen1 Medical Department 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; 3 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark and Centre for Clinical Education, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Hellerup, Denmark ; 4 Medical Department 1, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany ; 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound imaging has gained importance in pulmonary medicine over the last decades including conventional transcutaneous ultrasound (TUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). Mediastinal lymph node staging affects the management of patients with both operable and inoperable lung cancer (e.g., surgery vs. combined chemoradiation therapy). Tissue sampling is often indicated for accurate nodal staging. Recent international lung cancer staging guidelines clearly state that endosonography (EUS and EBUS) should be the initial tissue sampling test over surgical staging. Mediastinal nodes can be sampled from the airways [EBUS combined with transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)] or the esophagus [EUS fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)]. EBUS and EUS have a complementary diagnostic yield and in combination virtually all mediastinal lymph nodes can be biopsied. Additionally endosonography has an excellent yield in assessing granulomas in patients suspected of sarcoidosis. The aim of this review, in two integrative parts, is to discuss the current role and future perspectives of all ultrasound techniques available for the evaluation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy and mediastinal staging of lung cancer. A specific emphasis will be on learning mediastinal endosonography. Part I is dealing with an introduction into ultrasound techniques, mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques and part II with the clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography.

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endobronchial ultrasound combined with transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)endoscopic ultrasound fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA)endoscopic ultrasound with bronchoscope fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA)Guidelineslung cancersarcoidosisstagingtrainingtranscutaneous ultrasound (TUS)

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PMID26543620
PMCPMC4598491

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