Diagnostic Utility of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Malignant Endobronchial Lesions: Relevance to Lesions’ Characteristics

Table 1

Diagnostic yield of TBNA, CDT, and CDT plus TBNA with respect to the type of lesions*.

Condition	TBNA no. (%)	CDT no. (%)	CDT + TBNA no. (%)	𝑃 value
EML (𝑛=34)	27 (79.4)	28 (82.3)	33 (97)	0.063
SD (𝑛=23)	21 (91)	17 (74)	22 (95.6)	0.063
PD (𝑛=37)	34 (92)	21 (57)	34 (92)	<0.001
SPD (𝑛=60)	55 (91.7)	38 (63.3)	56 (93.3)	<0.001
Total (𝑛=94)	82 (87.2)	66 (70.2)	89 (94.7)	<0.001

∗CDT versus CDT + TBNA; EML: exophytic mass lesions; SD: submucosal disease; PD: peribronchial disease; SPD: submucosal-peribronchial disease.