Fragmento de cartílago, detectado en un ganglio linfático, tras punción aspirativa transbronquial guiada con ultrasonografía endobronquial

Abstract

n the last years, the endoscopic units introduce the ultrasonic bronchofibrescope with a convex probe that allows for real-time needle aspiration of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes guided by ultrasound images. This technique, known as real-time EBUS–TBNA, is minimally invasive and has the potential to replace mediastinoscopy, since it enables the same part of the mediastinum to be accessed.