Preoperative evaluation of mediastinal tumors by esophageal ultrasonography.
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Six patients with mediastinal tumors (2 neurogenic tumos, 2 mediastinal goiters, 1 lymphan-gioma and 1 anaplastic carcinoma) were examined preoperatively by esophageal ultrasonogra-phy (EUS).<BR>The EUS probe was inserted orally into the esophageal lumen, and a visual longitudinal image of the mediastinum was obtained.<BR>All six tumors were depicted, and their locations were identified by the surrounding struc-tures, i. e. the heart and the great vessels. Moreover, the finer characteristics of each tumor, encapsulated or invasive, solid or cystic were determined by the EUS.<BR>EUS proved to be of value in evaluating upper-, middle-, or posterior mediastinal tumors preoperatively.
- 特定非営利活動法人 日本呼吸器外科学会の論文