Extract
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in adults is an essential tool for investigating mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy. It is now integral to the diagnostic and staging algorithm for lung cancer [1], as well as the diagnosis of other malignancies, lymphoma and non-malignant granulomatous conditions, such as sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. The comparable diagnostic yield, along with decreased complications, has reduced the requirement for previously standard surgical biopsy sampling [2, 3].
Abstract
This first European case series demonstrates that EBUS-TBNA, well established in the diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar adenopathy in adults, is a safe and useful diagnostic alternative to invasive surgical biopsy in the paediatric populationhttp://bit.ly/389Uvq4
Footnotes
利益冲突:H. Al-Najjar没有披露。
Conflict of interest: R. Breen has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: G. Santis has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: O. Narayan has nothing to disclose.
- 收到November 25, 2019.
- Accepted2020年1月7日。
- 复制right ©ERS 2020