Esophageal seeding after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of a mediastinal tumor

Background and study aims Tumor seeding after endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is rare. A 53-year-old man underwent transesophageal EUS-FNA for diagnosis of a 6-cm mass in the mediastinum as seen by computed tomography (CT). Four weeks later, repeat CT scan revealed a ma...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kensuke Yokoyama, Jun Ushio, Norikatsu Numao, Kiichi Tamada, Noriyoshi Fukushima, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Hironori Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-09-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-114662