Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration under non-invasive positive pressure for the diagnosis of lung metastasis due to renal cell carcinoma in a patient with respiratory failure

A 65-year-old man with chronic respiratory failure caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, had a pulmonary nodule adjacent to the inlet of right B1 and B3. The patient had undergone a surgery for right renal cell carcinoma and colon cancer 6 years prior. We attempted endobronchial ultrasoun...

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Main Authors: Takayasu Ito, Shotaro Okachi, Tadasuke Ikenouchi, Futoshi Ushijima, Takamasa Ohashi, Masahiro Ogawa, Masato Nagahama, Keiko Wakahara, Naozumi Hashimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221300711930303X