title: Endobronchial ultrasound: an unusual diagnostic tool for pulmonary embolism.
abstract: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is an emergent and common pulmonary vascular disease. The most common diagnostic method for PTE is computer-aided tomography angiography. Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) is used in diagnosis and staging of lung cancer via transbronchial needle aspiration from mediastinal lymphadenopathies and central masses. Diagnosis of PTE with EBUS is not common, although this technique helps to monitor pulmonary vasculature. The present case, a 60-year-old female patient to whom EBUS was applied because of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, was diagnosed as incidental PTE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sariaydin
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases, Afyon State Hospital, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Electronic address: ersingunay@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Günay
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevinc
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarinc Ulasli
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy