title: [A case of malignant lymphoma successfully diagnosed using Sasada transbronchial angled biopsy forceps].
abstract: A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to general fatigue, fever and weight loss. His chest radiograph showed a nodule (2.8 cm) in the right middle lobe. Computed tomography and positron emission tomography showed multiple metastases to the bone, liver and lymph nodes. The lung nodule was not accessible by standard transbronchial forceps. However, biopsy specimens obtained using Sasada Transbronchial Angled Biopsy Forceps (STAF) pathologically confirmed the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. We report the case, and discuss the utility of STAF for lung lesions that are difficult to access with standard forceps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases.
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasada
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Kunimitsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Nobuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Hanako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuhara
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujino
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunashi
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013525:Surgical Instruments