Endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration of a paraspinal mass with prior failed multiple diagnostic interventions: A case report and literature review.
The increasing frequency of tuberculosis (TB) in both developed and developing countries has continued to make spinal TB an important health problem. The present case report is about a patient who presented to us with progressive back pain and paraspinal mass. We performed endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration from the paraspinal mass. The cytology showed granulomatous inflammation suggestive of TB.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Nishant
N
Sinha
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Vivek
V
Padegal
Department of Pathology, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Deepthi
D
Jermely
Department of Neurosurgry, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Satish
S
Satyanarayana
Department of Radiology, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
H K
HK
Santosh
Endobronchial ultrasound; paraspinal mass; transbronchial needle aspiration