Transbronchial Needle Aspiration as a Diagnostic Method in Lung Cancer and Non-Malignant Mediastinal Adenopathy

200711 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Artur Szlubowski · Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Specjalistyczny Chorób Płuc im. dr O. Sokołowskiego

Jarosław Kużdżał

Abstract

The diagnostic value of TBNA is very high in diagnostics of lung cancer, NSCLC staging and sarcoidosis but much lower in lymphomas, tuberculosis and other non-malignant diseases.

Topics & Keywords

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Advances in respiratory medicine

Volume 75, Issue 1, pp. 5-12

DOI: 10.5603/arm.28001

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