title: Diagnosis of mediastinal and left adrenal abnormalities with endoscopic ultrasonography.
abstract: Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is increasingly used for sampling of mediastinal or left adrenal abnormalities. We report two patients in whom EUS-FNA led to the diagnosis of malignancy. In one patient, left adrenal metastasis of a rectal adenocarcinoma was diagnosed, while in the other patient EUS-FNA established a plasmocytoma in the right hilum and mediastinum after several non-diagnostic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Groningen University Hospital, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. h.kramer@int.azg.nl
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Harry J M
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Groen
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods