Thoracic Research and Practice
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Endosonography Diagnosis with a New ProCore 20G of Mediastinal Metastasis from a Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma

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Department of Endoscopy Service, Hospital 9 de Julho, São Paulo, Brazil

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Santa Casa of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

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Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Digestive Endoscopy Section, Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (HCFMRP-USP), São Paulo, Brazil

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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Thorac Res Pract 2021; 22: 267-270
DOI: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2021.20063
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Melanoma is an uncommon tumor and represents about 1.5% of all neoplasms. In the mediastinum, it presents as a primary neoplasm or metastasis. Diagnosis is essential for the adoption of the best therapy. Endosonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) obtains cell samples and, when associated with other auxiliary exams such as immunohistochemistry, is useful to identify and differentiate primary and/or metastatic mediastinal lesions from a wide variety of other neoplasms. The endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) sensitivity is low and similar to endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle biopsy (EBUS-TBNB) performed with the ProCore 25G or 22G needle. Thus, the diagnosis of this type of tumor becomes a great challenge. The authors report the first case in the literature of metastatic mediastinal melanoma derived from malignant cutaneous melanoma, which was submitted to Endosonography-guided fine needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) with the new ProCore 20G, to obtain tissue, being confirmed by histological examination of the specimens obtained with a single puncture.

Cite this article as: Galante Romanini S, Ferraz de Almeida A, Silveira Lima de Castro J, Pablo Román Serrano J, Trindade Torres I, Celso Ardengh J. Endosonography diagnosis with a new ProCore 20G of mediastinal metastasis from a malignant cutaneous melanoma. Turk Thorac J. 2021; 22(3): 267-270.

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