In the study of Steinfort et al., as well as in previous studies, no cases of co-involvement of malignant features and sarcoidal reactions were seen in non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing mediastinal staging, leading the authors to state that non-necrotizing granulomas revealed by EBUS-TBNA should serve to indicate the absence of lymph node metastases. We report on a case of stage IIIA pulmonary adenocarcinoma in which TBNA of a subcarinal node showed the presence of both neoplastic cells and non-necrotizing granulomas. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Trisolini, R., Cancellieri, A., Patelli, M., May sarcoidal reaction and malignant features coexist in regional lymph nodes of non-small cell lung cancer patients?, <<LUNG CANCER>>, 2009; 66 (2): 272-273. [doi:10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.08.005] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/282192]
May sarcoidal reaction and malignant features coexist in regional lymph nodes of non-small cell lung cancer patients?
Trisolini, RoccoPrimo
;Cancellieri, Alessandra;
2009
Abstract
In the study of Steinfort et al., as well as in previous studies, no cases of co-involvement of malignant features and sarcoidal reactions were seen in non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing mediastinal staging, leading the authors to state that non-necrotizing granulomas revealed by EBUS-TBNA should serve to indicate the absence of lymph node metastases. We report on a case of stage IIIA pulmonary adenocarcinoma in which TBNA of a subcarinal node showed the presence of both neoplastic cells and non-necrotizing granulomas. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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