TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediastinal abscess formation after EUS-guided FNA: are patients with sarcoidosis at increased risk?
AU - von Bartheld, Martin
AU - van der Heijden, Erik
AU - Annema, Jouke
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology mostly affecting young adults and presenting with mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathy in 85% of patients. Endoscopic US-guided FNA (EUS-FNA) and endobronchial US-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) of intrathoracic lymph nodes is increasingly used for the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Complications are rare-severe procedure-related infections have been reported in only 2 patients. One patient developed mediastinitis and another a mediastinal abscess after EUS-FNA.(1,2) This case series describes 5 patients with suspected sarcoidosis who developed mediastinal abscesses after EUS-PNA, necessitating surgical treatment in 4 patients
AB - Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology mostly affecting young adults and presenting with mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathy in 85% of patients. Endoscopic US-guided FNA (EUS-FNA) and endobronchial US-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) of intrathoracic lymph nodes is increasingly used for the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis. Complications are rare-severe procedure-related infections have been reported in only 2 patients. One patient developed mediastinitis and another a mediastinal abscess after EUS-FNA.(1,2) This case series describes 5 patients with suspected sarcoidosis who developed mediastinal abscesses after EUS-PNA, necessitating surgical treatment in 4 patients
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2012.01.002
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2012.01.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22365439
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 75
SP - 1104
EP - 1107
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
IS - 5
ER -