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  • Title: [Role of video-assisted thoracoscopy in diagnosis of neoplasms in mediastinal organs].
    Author: Barchuk AS, Lemekhov VG, Klimenko VN, Gorokhov LV.
    Journal: Vopr Onkol; 1999; 45(3):298-301. PubMed ID: 10443235.
    Abstract:
    Diagnostic potential of video-assisted thoracoscopy was evaluated in 66 patients (36 males and 30 females) with neoplasms (aged 24-68 yrs). When used in conjunction with biopsy, it confirmed the following diagnoses: lymph proliferative disease (23), mediastinal malignancies (11), sarcoidosis (21), benign mediastinal tumors (7), Castleman's benign lymphoma (2) and mediastinal cyst (2). Clinical diagnosis was substantially changed in 40 (61%) cases as a result of videothoracoscopy application. It has proved precise, fairly safe and conservative; it has a potential in diagnosis of mediastinal tumors.
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