Purulent Appearing Material in an Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal Lymph Node: A Diagnostic Challenge

Table 1

Comparison of reported cases of malignancy in purulent aspirate of EBUS-TBNA.

Reference	Size of EBUS needle	Site aspirated lymph node	Final diagnosis
Madan et al. (ref. no. [4])	Not documented	Right paratracheal	Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Berim and Dhillon (ref. no. [5])	Not documented	Right paratracheal	Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Pena et al. (current case)	19 gauge	Right paratracheal	Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung