Indispensability of Mediastinoscopy in Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
作者:
Eija-Riitta Salomaa,
Kari Liippo,
Heikki J. Puhakka,
Eero Tala,
期刊:
ORL
(Karger Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 54,
issue 5
页码: 275-277
ISSN:0301-1569
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1159/000276314
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Tuberculosis;Mediastinum;Diagnosis;Mediastinoscopy
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
An analysis of 33 patients with histologically confirmed intrathoracic tuberculous lymphadenopathy was made. Tuberculosis could have been diagnosed without mediastinoscopy only in 3 patients: 2 had positive bronchial cultures and 1 simultaneous cervical lymph node tuberculosis. Bacteriological confirmation is conclusive, but seldom possible. Mediastinoscopy provides the best method to obtain tissue samples, and consequently, it is still necessary in the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculous lymphadenitis.
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