Open AccessEndoscopic ultrasound and/or endobronchial ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of central intraparenchymal lung lesions not adjacent to airways or esophagus
Author(s) -
H. Erhan Dinçer,
Eitan Podgaetz Gliksberg,
Rafael S. Andrade
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
endoscopic ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.883
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2303-9027
pISSN - 2226-7190
DOI - 10.4103/2303-9027.151332
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagus , radiology , endoscopic ultrasound , endobronchial ultrasound , lung , biopsy , bronchoscopy , airway , fine needle aspiration , target lesion , surgery , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction
It is usually challenging to diagnose intraparenchymal pulmonary nodules and masses that are not adjacent to central airways or esophagus. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and/or endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) for these lesions.