[A case of malignant lymphoma successfully diagnosed using Sasada transbronchial angled biopsy forceps].
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.
Komori
Chika
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Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases.
Sasada
Shinji
S
Okamoto
Norio
N
Kawahara
Kunimitsu
K
Uehara
Nobuko
N
Shimada
Kazutaka
K
Kuhara
Hanako
H
Terada
Haruko
H
Tsujino
Kazuyuki
K
Matsunashi
Tatsuro
T
Minami
Toshiyuki
T
Suzuki
Hidekazu
H
Kobayashi
Masashi
M
Hirashima
Tomonori
T
Matsui
Kaoru
K
Kawase
Ichiro
I
Kusunoki
Yoko
Y
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