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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2346-2349
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration for Diagnosis of Recurrent Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer

Rebecca Lai, MD *

Division of Gastroenterology, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

Accepted for publication June 16, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Lai, Division of Gastroenterology, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Ave S, Minneapolis, MN55415 (Email: laixx008{at}umn.edu).

Diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer by various imaging studies is often difficult because a recurrent tumor can resemble scar tissue or postoperative changes. This article reports how an endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was used to obtain a tissue diagnosis of locoregional lung cancer recurrence, which changed the management of the patients.






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