Role of EBUS-TBNA in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis

Role of EBUS-TBNA in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) has diagnostic accuracy and negative predictive value for the diagnosis of mediastinal tubercular lymphadenitis, especially when culture and cytological diagnosis is combined with high clinical suspicion. Both sarcoidosis...

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Main Authors: Nalini Gupta, Valliappan Muthu, Ritesh Agarwal, Sahajal Dhooria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
Subjects:
Endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration
epithelioid cell granulomas
granulomatous inflammation
sarcoidosis
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2019;volume=36;issue=2;spage=128;epage=130;aulast=Gupta

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