title: Diagnostic imaging of pulmonary embolism using endobronchial ultrasound.
abstract: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a new technique that can be used for the diagnostic imaging of central pulmonary thromboembolism (PE). In eight cases at our clinic, EBUS was used because of mediastinal lymphadenopathies or paramediastinal nodular lesions and at the same time images were obtained of a PE by means of EBUS. The PE was diagnosed before the EBUS with computed tomography (CT) of the lungs in all cases (5 women and 3 men). The repletion defects of all the cases compatible with a PE were clarified with CT-angiography. EBUS may be an alternative method for the diagnosis of PE, as it can indicate the presence of a thrombus in the central pulmonary arteries in hemodynamically-stable cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. asenturk1967@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ayşegül
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Şentürk
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Argüder
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babaoğlu
authors.forename: Habibe
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hezer
authors.forename: H Canan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hasanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult