Diagnostic Imaging of Pulmonary Embolism Using Endobronchial Ultrasound

Abstract Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a new technique that can be used for the diagnostic imaging of central pulmonary thromboembolism (PE). In eight cases at our clinic, EBUS was used because of mediastinal lymphadenopathies or paramediastinal nodular lesions and at the same time images of a...

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Published in:Archivos de bronconeumología (English ed.) 2013-06, Vol.49 (6), p.268-271
Main Authors: Şentürk, Ayşegül, Argüder, Emine, Babaoğlu, Elif, Hezer, Habibe, Hasanoğlu, H. Canan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diagnostic imaging
Ecografía
Endobronchial
Endobronquial
Internal Medicine
Pulmonar
Pulmonary
Pulmonary/Respiratory
Thromboembolism
Tromboembolismo
Técnicas de diagnóstico por la imagen
Ultrasound
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Summary:Abstract Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a new technique that can be used for the diagnostic imaging of central pulmonary thromboembolism (PE). In eight cases at our clinic, EBUS was used because of mediastinal lymphadenopathies or paramediastinal nodular lesions and at the same time images of a PE were obtained by means of EBUS. The PE was diagnosed before the EBUS with computed tomography (CT) of the lungs in all cases (5 women and 3 men). The repletion defects of all the cases compatible with a PE were clarified with CT-angiography. EBUS may be an alternative method for the diagnosis of PE, since it can indicate the presence of a thrombus in the central pulmonary arteries in hemodynamically stable cases.
ISSN:1579-2129
1579-2129
DOI:10.1016/j.arbr.2013.03.003