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[[Echocardiography]] can help in the [[diagnosis]] making of a lung mass. [[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)]] can successfully determine the extent of [[Invasive (medical)|invasion]] of a lung mass into the [[great vessels]]. [[Bronchial|Endobronchial]] [[ultrasound]] can be used as the initial [[Diagnosis|diagnostic]] and [[Cancer staging|staging]] procedure.
==Echocardiography/Ultrasound==
==Echocardiography/Ultrasound==
===Echocardiography===
===Echocardiography===
*Echocardiography can help in the diagnosis making of a lung mass.
*[[Echocardiography]] can help in the [[diagnosis]] making of a lung mass.
*This is especially true in the case of an invasion of the sorrounding structures.<ref name="Obeid2005">{{cite journal|last1=Obeid|first1=Anis I.|title=Transesophageal Echocardiography and Staging in Lung Cancer|journal=Chest|volume=127|issue=2|year=2005|pages=420–423|issn=00123692|doi=10.1378/chest.127.2.420}}</ref>
*This is especially true in the case of an [[Invasive (medical)|invasion]] of the sorrounding structures.<ref name="Obeid2005">{{cite journal|last1=Obeid|first1=Anis I.|title=Transesophageal Echocardiography and Staging in Lung Cancer|journal=Chest|volume=127|issue=2|year=2005|pages=420–423|issn=00123692|doi=10.1378/chest.127.2.420}}</ref>
*Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can successfully determine the extent of invasion of a lung mass into the great vessels.<ref name="Obeid2005">{{cite journal|last1=Obeid|first1=Anis I.|title=Transesophageal Echocardiography and Staging in Lung Cancer|journal=Chest|volume=127|issue=2|year=2005|pages=420–423|issn=00123692|doi=10.1378/chest.127.2.420}}</ref>
*[[Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)]] can successfully determine the extent of [[Invasive (medical)|invasion]] of a [[malignant]] lung mass into the [[great vessels]].<ref name="Obeid2005">{{cite journal|last1=Obeid|first1=Anis I.|title=Transesophageal Echocardiography and Staging in Lung Cancer|journal=Chest|volume=127|issue=2|year=2005|pages=420–423|issn=00123692|doi=10.1378/chest.127.2.420}}</ref>
*It can also determine and confirm the presence of pericardial effusion in the setting of a lung mass.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Echocardiography in the initial assessment of patients with small cell lung cancer|journal=Lung Cancer|volume=7|issue=4|year=1991|pages=269|issn=01695002|doi=10.1016/0169-5002(91)90330-9}}</ref>
*It can also determine and confirm the presence of [[pericardial effusion]] in the setting of a lung mass.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Echocardiography in the initial assessment of patients with small cell lung cancer|journal=Lung Cancer|volume=7|issue=4|year=1991|pages=269|issn=01695002|doi=10.1016/0169-5002(91)90330-9}}</ref>
===Ultrasound===
===Ultrasound===
*Endobronchial ultrasound can be used as the initial diagnostic and staging procedure.<ref>{{Cite journal
*[[Bronchial|Endobronchial]] [[ultrasound]] can be used as the initial [[Diagnosis|diagnostic]] and [[Cancer staging|staging]] procedure.<ref>{{Cite journal
  | author = [[Fotios Sampsonas]], [[Loukas Kakoullis]], [[Dimosthenis Lykouras]], [[Kiriakos Karkoulias]] & [[Konstantinos Spiropoulos]]
  | author = [[Fotios Sampsonas]], [[Loukas Kakoullis]], [[Dimosthenis Lykouras]], [[Kiriakos Karkoulias]] & [[Konstantinos Spiropoulos]]
  | title = EBUS: Faster, cheaper and most effective in lung cancer staging
  | title = EBUS: Faster, cheaper and most effective in lung cancer staging

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Echocardiography can help in the diagnosis making of a lung mass. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can successfully determine the extent of invasion of a lung mass into the great vessels. Endobronchial ultrasound can be used as the initial diagnostic and staging procedure.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Obeid, Anis I. (2005). "Transesophageal Echocardiography and Staging in Lung Cancer". Chest. 127 (2): 420–423. doi:10.1378/chest.127.2.420. ISSN 0012-3692.
  2. "Echocardiography in the initial assessment of patients with small cell lung cancer". Lung Cancer. 7 (4): 269. 1991. doi:10.1016/0169-5002(91)90330-9. ISSN 0169-5002.
  3. Fotios Sampsonas, Loukas Kakoullis, Dimosthenis Lykouras, Kiriakos Karkoulias & Konstantinos Spiropoulos (2018). "EBUS: Faster, cheaper and most effective in lung cancer staging". International journal of clinical practice. 72 (2). doi:10.1111/ijcp.13053. PMID 29314425. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Mario Gomez & Gerard A. Silvestri (2009). "Endobronchial ultrasound for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer". Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 6 (2): 180–186. doi:10.1513/pats.200808-081LC. PMID 19349486. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)