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Title: | First endoscopic procedure for diagnosis and staging of mediastinal lymphadenopathy | Authors: | Khoo, K.-L. Ho, K.-Y. Khor, C.J.-L. Nilsson, B. Lim, T.-K. |
Keywords: | Aspiration biopsy Diagnosis Endoscopy Lung neoplasms Lymphadenopathy Mediastinum Needle biopsy Neoplasms staging Ultrasound |
Issue Date: | 28-Dec-2009 | Citation: | Khoo, K.-L., Ho, K.-Y., Khor, C.J.-L., Nilsson, B., Lim, T.-K. (2009-12-28). First endoscopic procedure for diagnosis and staging of mediastinal lymphadenopathy. World Journal of Gastroenterology 15 (48) : 6096-6101. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.6096 | Abstract: | AIM: To compare a first diagnostic procedure of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) with selection of endoscopic ultrasoundguided fineneedle aspiration (EUSFNA) or TBNA for mediastinal lymphadenopathy. METHODS: Sixty-eight consecutive patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy on computed tomography (CT), who required cytopathological diagnosis, were recruited. The first 34 underwent a sequential approach in which TBNA was performed first, followed by EUSFNA if TBNA was unrevealing. The next 34 underwent a selective approach where either TBNA or EUS-FNA was selected as the first procedure based on the CT findings. RESULTS: The diagnostic yield of TBNA as the first diagnostic procedure in the sequential approach was 62%. In the selective approach, the diagnostic yield of the first procedure was 71%. There was no significant difference in the overall diagnostic yield, but there were significantly fewer combined procedures with the selective approach. CONCLUSION: Selecting either EUS-FNA or TBNA as the first diagnostic procedure achieved a comparable diagnostic yield with significantly fewer procedures than performing TBNA first in all patients. © 2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | World Journal of Gastroenterology | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/107940 | ISSN: | 10079327 | DOI: | 10.3748/wjg.15.6096 |
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