Open AccessEndobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in a Geographical Region With Endemic Histoplasmosis Infection
Author(s) -
Yousef Shweihat,
Rohan Samant,
Manish Joshi,
Hemendra R. Shah,
Page C. Moore,
Marcus P. Kennedy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181fa6b2a
Subject(s) - medicine , histoplasmosis , radiology , lymph node , malignancy , lung cancer , lymph , sampling (signal processing) , retrospective cohort study , biopsy , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
In a geographical area with high prevalence of calcific granulomatous inflammation, calcified lymph nodes may affect the diagnostic adequacy of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). The objective of this study was to describe the diagnostic performance of EBUS-TBNA in a region endemic of histoplasmosis related granulomatous inflammation.