title: Mediastinitis caused by EUS-FNA of a bronchogenic cyst.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, Post Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. j.t.annema@lumc.nl
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Annema
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veseliç
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Versteegh
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Rabe
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D019160:Endosonography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology