title: [Role of video-assisted thoracoscopy in diagnosis of neoplasms in mediastinal organs].
abstract: Diagnostic potential of video-assisted thoracoscopy was evaluated in 66 patients (36 males and 30 females) with neoplasms (aged 24-68 yrs). When used in conjunction with biopsy, it confirmed the following diagnoses: lymph proliferative disease (23), mediastinal malignancies (11), sarcoidosis (21), benign mediastinal tumors (7), Castleman's benign lymphoma (2) and mediastinal cyst (2). Clinical diagnosis was substantially changed in 40 (61%) cases as a result of videothoracoscopy application. It has proved precise, fairly safe and conservative; it has a potential in diagnosis of mediastinal tumors.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Oncology, Ministry of Health of the RF.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Barchuk
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Lemekhov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Klimenko
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Gorokhov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording
vernacular_title: Znachenie videotorakoskopii v diagnostike novoobrazovaniĭ organov sredosteniia.