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21 / 01 / 2018

 


Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool

Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani.


Abstract
Causes of mediastinal lymphadenopathy are many, ranging from reactive lymphadenopathy to malignancy. With high incidence of tuberculosis in India, our aim was to determine the incidence of malignancy in mediastinal nodes with no primary lung lesion using computed tomography (CT) guided biopsy as an evaluating tool and highlighting the superiority of this procedure over others described in literature.

Key words: Mediastinal node biopsy, Malignancy , CT biopsy , Granulomatous diseases


 
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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. Int J Surg Med. 2018; 4(1): 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india


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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. https://www.ejos.org/?mno=281316 [Access: February 20, 2024]. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india


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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. Int J Surg Med. 2018; 4(1): 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. Int J Surg Med. (2018), [cited February 20, 2024]; 4(1): 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani (2018) Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. Int J Surg Med, 4 (1), 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



Turabian Style

Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. 2018. Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 4 (1), 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



Chicago Style

Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. "Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4 (2018), 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani. "Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4.1 (2018), 41-43. Print. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india



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Praveen Kumar Vasanthraj, Bhawna Dev, Roy Santosham, Anand Rajamani (2018) Incidence Of Malignancy In Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy In Indian Population Using Ct Guided Biopsy As An Evaluating Tool. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 4 (1), 41-43. doi:10.5455/ijsm.malignancy-in-mediastinal-lymphadenopathy-ct-guided-biopsy-india