The Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Does It Make a Difference?

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Target/s</td><td align="left">ROSE result</td><td align="left">Final cytology results</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">LN 7, nodule</td><td align="left">Lymphocytes only with possible enlarged lymphocyte in LN 7</td><td align="left">Small cell carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry positive for synaptophysin, chromogranin, and CD 56.</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">3p</td><td align="left">Lymphocyte and bronchial cells in 1st and 2nd passes. 3rd and 4th passes not viewed by ROSE.</td><td align="left">Poorly differentiated cancer in 3rd and 4th passes. Immunohistochemistry revealed large B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">11L, 4L, 11R</td><td align="left">Lymphocytes</td><td align="left">Malignant in 11R</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 4: The Utility of Rapid On-Site Evaluation on Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Does It Make a Difference? 