Open AccessAge is an independent predictor in pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis: a retrospective analysis of diagnosis by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Eriko Kuwasaki,
Tetsutaro Nagaoka,
Hiroaki Ihara,
Takanobu Tsutsumi,
Ai Nakamura,
Hitomi Yoshikawa,
Takashi Yoshida,
Junko Watanabe,
Masako Ichikawa,
Ryo Koyama,
Naoki Shimada,
Kazuhisa Takahashi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.94
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , pathological , endobronchial ultrasound , radiology , retrospective cohort study , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , fine needle aspiration , ultrasound , bronchoscopy , biopsy , pathology
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the current major modality for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy because of its higher diagnostic yield and safety; however, predictors for the pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis by EBUS-TBNA remain uncertain. The objective of this study was to determine a novel predictor for the pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis by EBUS-TBNA.