PubMed · 1978 · 140 citations · 0 references
MedicineOncologySurgeryMetastasisSurgical OncologyThoracic OncologyCancer DiagnosisLung CancerLung MetastasisPulmonary PathologyAspiration Biopsy TechniqueDistant Nodal MetastasisLung Mass BiopsyNeedle Aspiration BiopsyNeedle Aspiration TechniqueParatracheal Lymph NodesPrimary Neoplasms
Primary lung carcinoma adjacent to the trachea and paratracheal nodal metastasis without evidence of the primary tumor or airway invasion require invasive surgical procedures to obtain adequate diagnostic tissues. Adequate diagnostic tissue was obtained in 3 of 5 patients with paratracheal masses by means of a bronchoscopic needle aspiration technique. There were no complications.