Mediastinal lymph node involvement in potentially resectable lung cancer: comparison of CT, positron emission tomography, and endoscopic ultrasonography with and without fine-needle aspiration.

  • Annette Fritscher-Ravens
  • Karl H Bohuslavizki
  • Lars Brandt
  • Christoph Bobrowski
  • Christian Lund
  • W Trudo Knöfel
  • Almuth Pforte

Abstract

A prospective comparison of three imaging techniques: thoracic CT, positron emission tomography (PET), and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) with fine needle aspiration (FNA), each performed under routine conditions, for the detection of metastatic lymph nodes metastases in patients with lung cancer considered for operative resection.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number2
ISSN0012-3692
Publication statusPublished - 2003
pubmed 12576364