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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;3(10):1191-3.
doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181872752.

EUS-FNA of enlarged necrotic lymph nodes may cause infectious mediastinitis

Joachim G J V Aerts  1 , Jeroen Kloover, Jan Los, Olaf van der Heijden, Andre Janssens, Kurt G Tournoy
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Case Reports

EUS-FNA of enlarged necrotic lymph nodes may cause infectious mediastinitis

Joachim G J V Aerts et al. J Thorac Oncol. 2008 Oct.
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Abstract

Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a minimally invasive technique to investigate the mediastinum. Although EUS-FNA can be considered in general as a safe technique, complications do occur. We here report an infectious complication of EUS-FNA that occurred after puncture of a large malignant necrotic mediastinal lymph node.

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