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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1780-1782
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Videopericardioscopy Using Endothoracic Sonography for Lung Cancer Staging

Kiyoshi Ohno, MD*,a, Tomoki Utsumi, MDa, Yoshiaki Sasaki, MDb, Yuko Suzuki, MDb

a Department of Surgery, Osaka, Japan
b Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication October 24, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Ohno, Department of Surgery, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, 4-2-78, Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0003, Japan
ok8926{at}okn.gr.jp

We performed videopericardioscopy using an endothoracic sonographic probe for the staging of left hilar nonsmall cell lung cancer. This method will be useful for an accurate diagnosis of direct tumor invasion into the intrapericardial great vessels and lead to the institution of appropriate treatment.




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