Pulmonologist-Performed Per-Esophageal Needle Aspiration of Parenchymal Lung Lesions Using an EBUS Bronchoscope: Diagnostic Utility and Safety

Conclusions: Pulmonologist-performed EUS-B-FNA is safe and accurate in the evaluation parenchymal lung lesions. Diagnostic accuracy is high. EUS-B-FNA may achieve access to sites not amenable to other forms of bronchoscopic sampling, or increase diagnostic accuracy in patients where anatomic position predicts a low diagnostic yield.
Source: Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Original Investigations Source Type: research