Mediastinitis caused by EUS-FNA of a bronchogenic cyst

Endoscopy. 2003 Sep;35(9):791-3. doi: 10.1055/s-2003-41583.

Abstract

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe and minimally invasive diagnostic technique for the analysis of mediastinal lesions. This case report describes a patient who developed a life-threatening mediastinitis after EUS-FNA of a mediastinal lesion, which (based on computed tomography of the thorax) had been suspected to be a lymph-node metastasis, but proved to be a bronchogenic cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / etiology
  • Abscess / surgery
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle / adverse effects*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / complications
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / pathology
  • Endosonography / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Leiomyosarcoma / complications*
  • Leiomyosarcoma / pathology
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / etiology*
  • Mediastinitis / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / complications*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology