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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration safely and promptly diagnosed a massive pulmonary artery tumor embolism from hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration can be a safe and prompt diagnostic method for pulmonary artery tumor embolism.
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Supports EBUS-TBNA feasibility in rare pulmonary artery tumor embolism; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Pulmonary artery tumor embolism (PATE) is a rare disease without an established diagnostic method. In an autopsy series, however, the incidence of PATE was relatively high, between 3% and 26% in patients with a solid tumor. Here we report a case of a patient with a massive PATE from hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed safely and promptly by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.
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Lee et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Pulmonary artery tumor embolism (PATE) (n=1). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration was evaluated on Diagnosis of pulmonary artery tumor embolism. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration safely and promptly diagnosed a massive pulmonary artery tumor embolism from hepatocellular carcinoma.
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