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Neumología y cirugía de tórax

On-line version ISSN 2594-1526Print version ISSN 0028-3746

Abstract

BAUTISTA-MENDEZ, Rafael; MONTERO-REYES, Fernando; MAGDALENO-MALDONADO, Gerardo Ezequiel  and  PINEDA-GUDINO, Rey David. Mediastinal cryobiopsy: case report. Neumol. cir. torax [online]. 2023, vol.82, n.2, pp.128-130.  Epub Oct 28, 2024. ISSN 2594-1526.  https://doi.org/10.35366/115399.

Bronchoscopy has become an essential diagnostic and therapeutic modality for a variety of lung diseases. With the addition of complementary techniques, such as taking a biopsy with a cryogenic probe, the role of the evaluation of pulmonary and mediastinal pathology is further expanded, allowing better diagnostic performance.

Case description:

63-year-old male patient, with no history of direct family members with cancer, smoking rate of 50 packs/year, suspended three months prior to his evaluation due to dysphagia, without improvement, so he went to medical evaluation. A simple and contrast-enhanced chest tomography was performed, presenting a subcarinal mediastinal lesion measuring 58 × 51 × 74 mm and a mass in the apical segment of the right upper lobe, so it was decided to perform bronchoscopy to take a transcarinal biopsy. Which were performed using rigid tracheoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy, performing aspiration with a Wang needle, subsequently Forceps clamps and finally a flexible cryoprobe were introduced through the same puncture site with no evidence of hemorrhage after the procedures. Tissue measuring 0.6 × 0.3 × 0.2 cm was obtained through cryobiopsy, ideal for carrying out immunohistochemistry and mutation studies in pathology.

Keywords : mediastinal cryobiopsy; flexible bronchoscopy; transcarinal.

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