Endobronchial Ultrasound in Suspected Non-Malignant Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy.
CONCLUSIONS: EBUS-TBNA revealed a specific cause for suspected non-malignant lymphadenopathy in one-third of cases and was associated with excellent specificity. Predominant specific causes were granuloma, besides from tumor. In 3 patients pathogen could be isolated by TBNA.
PMID: 29788514 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pneumologie - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Pneumologie Source Type: research
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