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Diagnosis and treatment of coincident Hodgkin’s lymphoma and hamartoma by endobronchial methods: A Case report
1Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Pulmonology, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Pathology, Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2019; 21(1): 69-71 DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_23_19
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Abstract

Endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is recommended for the diagnosis of malign and benign mediastinal lymphadenopathies and lesions adjacent to the central airways. However the diagnostic yield of EBUS-TBNA in diagnosis of lymphoma is weak. Additionally, the challenge of cathcing Reed-Sternberg cells in such a small sample size lowers the sensitivitiy of EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma. EBUS-TBNA can be performed with rigid bronchoscopy. A 64 years old male patient with multiple abdominal and mediastinal lymphadenopathies with coinciding hamartoma and Hodgkin lymphoma is reported for presenting diagnostic and therapeutic interventional methods performed for this unique coincidance.