Endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration of a paraspinal mass with prior failed multiple diagnostic interventions: A case report and literature review

Lung India. 2014 Oct;31(4):401-3. doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.142149.

Abstract

The increasing frequency of tuberculosis (TB) in both developed and developing countries has continued to make spinal TB an important health problem. The present case report is about a patient who presented to us with progressive back pain and paraspinal mass. We performed endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration from the paraspinal mass. The cytology showed granulomatous inflammation suggestive of TB.

Keywords: Endobronchial ultrasound; paraspinal mass; transbronchial needle aspiration.