Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Mediastinal Lymph Nodal Cryobiopsy in Patients With Nondiagnostic/Inadequate Rapid On-site Evaluation: A New Step in the Diagnostic Algorithm.

Venkata N MaturuVirender P PrasadChetan R VaddepallyRaghotham R DommataShweta Sethi

Published in: Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology (2023)

EBUS-MCB has a diagnostic yield of 59.3% when performed in cases with a nondiagnostic EBUS-ROSE. The tissue obtained by EBUS-MCB is adequate for ancillary studies. We propose EBUS-MCB as an additional diagnostic step in cases with an inconclusive ROSE while performing EBUS-TBNA. Larger studies are, however, needed before EBUS-MCB can be incorporated in the diagnostic algorithm for the evaluation of mediastinal lesions.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
lymph node
machine learning
deep learning
fine needle aspiration
case control