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Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound with bronchoscope-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA) has been reported to be useful for evaluating paraesophageal lesions; however, its ability to access subaortic lesions is relatively limited. The… Click to show full abstract
Transesophageal endoscopic ultrasound with bronchoscope-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-B-FNA) has been reported to be useful for evaluating paraesophageal lesions; however, its ability to access subaortic lesions is relatively limited. The third-generation Olympus ultrasound bronchoscope, which was released in 2018, has a wider up-angulation range, which is theoretically preferable to previous models for puncturing the subaortic lesions. We report herein two cases with subaortic lesions that could not be evaluated using a conventional ultrasound bronchoscope, but that were successfully evaluated and diagnosed via EUS-B-FNA employing a new ultrasound bronchoscope.
Journal Title: Translational lung cancer research
Year Published: 2019
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