A randomized controlled study of conventional TBNA versus EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of suspected stage I and II sarcoidosis.

CONCLUSION: The overall diagnostic yield of EBUS-TBNA for stage I and II sarcoidosis was higher than TBNA. However, Conventional TBNA has very high diagnostic yield，similar to EBUS-TBNA, if the lymph nodes located on the 4th and 7th group or the shortest diameter was greater than 15 mm. PMID: 25363221 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis Source Type: research