Correlation of Tissue Biopsy and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology with Positron Emission Tomography Results

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Procedure</td><td align="center">Total</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Biopsy</td><td align="center">30</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TBNA</td><td align="center">30</td></tr><tr><td align="left">CT FNA</td><td align="center">22</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Superficial FNA</td><td align="center">6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">US FNA</td><td align="center">6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">BRUSH/WASH</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">95</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>FNA: fine needle aspiration, TBNA: transbronchial needle aspiration, CT FNA: computerized tomography guided FNA, US FNA: ultrasound guided FNA, BRUSH/WASH: bronchial brush/wash done during bronchoscopy.<br/></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Correlation of Tissue Biopsy and Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology with Positron Emission Tomography Results 