Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for the diagnosis of intrapulmonary lesions
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for the diagnosis of intrapulmonary lesions
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DOI:
10.1097/jto.0b013e31818396b9
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发表时间:
2008-09-01
影响因子:
20.4
通讯作者:
Yoshino, Ichiro
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作者:
Nakajima, Takahiro;Yasufuku, Kazuhiro;Yoshino, Ichiro
Background: The diagnosis of centrally located intrapulmonary tumors not visible on bronchoscopy may be a challenge. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has been shown to be useful for the evaluation of mediastinal lymph nodes. However, there have been no reports of the utility of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of intrapulmonary tumors.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of intrapulmonary tumors located adjacent to the central airway.Methods: From December 2002 to June 2007, 35 patients with pulmonary masses located close to the central airways were accessed by EBUS-TBNA. Conventional bronchoscopic biopsy before EBUS-TBNA was nondiagnostic in 25 of the 35 cases. Patients with endobronchial lesions were excluded from this study.Results: EBUS-TBNA was performed in 19 peritracheal and 16 peribronchial lesions. Cytologic and/or histologic samples were diagnostic in 33 of 35 patients. The final diagnoses of the pulmonary masses were lung cancer in 26 cases (1 small cell lung cancer, 25 non-small cell lung cancer), metastatic lung tumors in 5, and BALT lymphoma in one. The sensitivity and the diagnostic accuracy Of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of unknown pulmonary masses was 94.1% and 94.3%, respectively.Conclusions: Intrapulmonary lesions not assessable by conventional bronchoscopic procedures can easily be assessed and diagnosed by EBUS-TBNA as long as it is within the reach of the EBUS-TBNA scope. EBUS-TBNA is a real-time procedure with a high yield which can be applied for the diagnosis Of lung tumors.