Per-Esophageal Needle Aspiration of Parenchymal Lung Lesions and Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Using an Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscope.

CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonologist-performed EUS-B-FNA is safe and accurate for evaluating mediastinal and parenchymal lung lesions and lymphadenopathy. Diagnostic accuracy is high. EUS-B-FNA may allow access to sites not amenable to other forms of bronchoscopic sampling, or may increase diagnostic accuracy in patients where anatomic position predicts a low diagnostic yield. PMID: 31713362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Isr Med Assoc J Source Type: research