The risk of tumor cell dissemination in mediastinoscopy: a cytological study

Bilgin Büyükkarabacak Y., Taslak Şengül A., Can Meydan B., Çelik B., Pirzirenli M. G., GÜRZ S., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.45, no.4, pp.872-876, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1406-11
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.872-876
  • Keywords: Mediastinoscopy, lavage, cytology, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, INCISION SITE METASTASIS, LUNG-CANCER, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, CERVICAL MEDIASTINOSCOPY, GOLD STANDARD, LYMPH-NODES, CT, STILL, PET
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: Mediastinoscopy is an invasive procedure that is used in the diagnosis of mediastinal diseases and in staging lung cancer. Tumor cell seeding during mediastinoscopy along the mediastinum and the incision line is a very rare complication. This study aimed to test the safety of mediastinoscopy in terms of tumor seeding by cytological evaluation of mediastinal lavage samples taken before and after biopsy.