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Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in ampullary adenocarcinoma: not always metastatic

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Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in ampullary adenocarcinoma: not always metastatic (EN)
Rana, Surinder S.
Mittal, Bhagwant R.
Nada, Ritambhra
Sampath, Santosh
Sharma, Vishal
Rao, Chalapathi A.S.
Dhaliwal, Harpal S.
Bhasin, Deepak K.
Singh, Kartar
Malignancies can metastasize through hematogenous or lymphatic routes. Enlarged lymph nodes in a known case of malignancy do not always imply metastasis. A middle-aged female patient presented to us with abdominal pain and jaundice. Investigation revealed ampullary growth due to adenocarcinoma. Positron emission tomography-computerized tomography scan revealed uptake of the tracer in the ampullary region as well as in enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of the mediastinal lymphadenopathy revealed it to be tuberculous. Mere radiologic evidence of a distant nodal spread must not be regarded as final evidence and obtaining a tissue diagnosis should be strongly considered, as potentially curative therapy may be offered.Keywords endoscopic ultrasound, tuberculosis, adenocarcinoma, pancreas, lymph nodeAnn Gastroenterol 2012; 25 (2): 167-169 (EN)
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Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Annals of Gastroenterology
Case Reports
English
2012-04-11
http://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/1035
Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)
1792-7463
1108-7471
Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 25, No 2 (2012); 167 (EN)



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