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  • Title: [Mediastinal staging of non-small cell bronchial carcinoma. The place of computed tomography and mediastinoscopy].
    Author: Vestring T, Achatzy R, Wahlers B, Macha HN, Peters PE.
    Journal: Radiologe; 1990 Apr; 30(4):178-84. PubMed ID: 2160672.
    Abstract:
    Sixty patients with a potentially resectable non-oat-cell lung carcinoma were examined by computed tomography and cervical mediastinoscopy. The sensitivity of computed tomography as opposed to mediastinoscopy was 74% versus 58% and the specificity in 85% versus 100%. Considering the limitations of both methods and the varying prevalence of mediastinal lymph-node metastases associated with peripheral and central lesions, three different situations can be distinguished: 1. with peripheral lesions and a normal mediastinal CT, preoperative mediastinoscopy is unnecessary. 2. With an abnormal mediastinal CT, mediastinoscopy is always indicated irrespective of the location of the tumor. 3. With large central lesions, mediastinoscopy is necessary even when the CT is normal. Using these rules, 37 of 60 mediastinoscopies in our patient group could have been avoided without influencing the resection rate (98%).
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