title: Transaortic fine-needle aspiration of centrally located lung cancer under endoscopic ultrasound guidance: the final frontier.
abstract: We describe endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration of a mass adjacent to the descending thoracic aorta, which was performed without complication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA. wallace.michael@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Timothy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raimondo
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Haddad
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Odell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery