Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node

In Malaysia, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a relatively new procedure performed only in a handful of respiratory centres. We reviewed TBNA of mediastinal lymph node performed in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) to determine the yield and its complications. Data was retrieved from end...

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Main Authors:	How, Soon Hin, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, Ng, Teck Han, Harun, Norra, Kalavathy, Ramachandram, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Medical Associations 2008
Subjects:	RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-60452011-11-21T18:05:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6045/ Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Harun, Norra Kalavathy, Ramachandram Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi RC Internal medicine In Malaysia, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a relatively new procedure performed only in a handful of respiratory centres. We reviewed TBNA of mediastinal lymph node performed in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) to determine the yield and its complications. Data was retrieved from endoscopy databases and patients' records, CT thorax images and all cytological and histological slides were reviewed. Twenty-five patients had TBNA performed. TBNA was positive in 15 patients (60%). Overall, 80% had confirmed malignancy after bronchoscopy. Only four patients had documented bleeding after TBNA and in two of them, bleeding stopped spontaneously and another two patients required diluted adrenaline to stop the bleed. No mortality was reported from this procedure. Hence, TBNA is a safe procedure. Malaysian Medical Associations 2008-03 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6045/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf How, Soon Hin and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and Ng, Teck Han and Harun, Norra and Kalavathy, Ramachandram and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2008) Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 63 (1). pp. 47-50. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2008/v63n1/index.html
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spellingShingle	RC Internal medicine How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Harun, Norra Kalavathy, Ramachandram Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
description	In Malaysia, transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a relatively new procedure performed only in a handful of respiratory centres. We reviewed TBNA of mediastinal lymph node performed in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA) to determine the yield and its complications. Data was retrieved from endoscopy databases and patients' records, CT thorax images and all cytological and histological slides were reviewed. Twenty-five patients had TBNA performed. TBNA was positive in 15 patients (60%). Overall, 80% had confirmed malignancy after bronchoscopy. Only four patients had documented bleeding after TBNA and in two of them, bleeding stopped spontaneously and another two patients required diluted adrenaline to stop the bleed. No mortality was reported from this procedure. Hence, TBNA is a safe procedure.
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author	How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Harun, Norra Kalavathy, Ramachandram Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_facet	How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Harun, Norra Kalavathy, Ramachandram Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
author_sort	How, Soon Hin
title	Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
title_short	Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
title_full	Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
title_fullStr	Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
title_full_unstemmed	Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
title_sort	transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node
publisher	Malaysian Medical Associations
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/6045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6045/2/Transbronchial_Needle_Aspiration_of_Mediastinal_Lymph.pdf
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Transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph node

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