Endobronchial Ultrasound Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Thoracic Diseases: Much More than Mediastinal Staging

Table 3

Cytological results of EBUS-TBNA.

Cytological results	Number of patients
Adenocarcinoma	692
Squamous cell carcinoma	216
Neuroendocrine tumour	143
SCLC	102
Large-cell neuroendocrine tumour	19
Mixed large- and small-cell neuroendocrine	9
Typical carcinoid	10
Atypical carcinoid	3
Metastasis from extrathoracic malignancy	154
NSCLC poorly differentiated (NAS)	65
Lymphoproliferative disorders	24
Other nonneoplastic diagnosis	28
Lymphadenitis granulomatosis	100
Sarcoid-like granulomas	97
Tuberculosis	3
Other malignancies	34
Reactive/normal lymph nodes	316

Other malignancies included 1 thymoma, 8 mesothelioma, 3 adenoid cystic carcinoma, 6 mixed tumours, 9 poorly differentiated epithelial tumours of unknown origin, 1 sarcoma, and 3 sarcomatoid carcinoma.