Research Article
Diagnostic Utility of Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Malignant Endobronchial Lesions: Relevance to Lesions’ Characteristics
Table 4
Diagnostic yield of TBNA, CDT, and CDT plus TBNA with respect to localization*.
| | Localization | TBNA no. (%) | CDT no. (%) | CDT + TBNA no. (%) | value |
| | Trachea and main bronchus () | 24 (89) | 18 (67) | 26 (96) | 0.004 | | Upper lobes () | 42 (91) | 35 (76) | 43 (93) | 0.004 | | Right upper () | 31 (94) | 26 (79) | 31 (94) | 0.031 | | Left upper () | 11 (85) | 9 (69) | 12 (92) | 0.125 | | Right middle lobe () | 7 (78) | 5 (56) | 9 (100) | 0.063 | | Lower lobes () | 9 (75) | 8 (67) | 11 (92) | 0.125 | | Total () | 82 (87.2) | 66 (70.2) | 89 (94.7) | <0.001 |
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Fisher’s exact test, CDT versus TBNA + CDT.
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