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. 2023 Mar 30;31(1):13–22. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000917

TABLE 2.

Diagnoses and Diagnostic Yield.

Forceps biopsy Cryobiopsy Overall Diagnostic yield
Malignant (n=158)
 Adenocarcinoma 74/113 92/113 102/113
 MIA 0/2 0/2 0/2
 Squamous cell carcinoma 18/22 21/22 22/22
 NSCLC 3/6 4/6 5/6
 Small cell carcinoma 2/2 2/2 2/2
 Metastasis 5/8 7/8 7/8
 Pleomorphic carcinoma with AD 0/1 0/1 0/1
 Sarcomatoid carcinoma 0/1 1/1 1/1
 Lymphoma 1/1 1/1 1/1
 Malignancy 0/1 0/1 0/1
 Typical carcinoid 0/1 1/1 1/1
103/158 (65.2%) 129/158 (81.6%) 141/158 (89.2%)
Benign (n=41)
 Tuberculosis 2/3 3/3 3/3
 NTM 1/4 4/4 4/4
 Organizing pneumonia 7/13 12/13 13/13
 Lung abscess/pneumonia 2/2 2/2 2/2
 Legionella pneumonia 0/1 1/1 1/1
 Toxocariasis 1/1 1/1 1/1
 Paragonimiasis 0/1 1/1 1/1
 Benign disease, NOS 14/16 15/16 16/16
27/41 (65.9) 39/41 (95.1%) 41/41 (100%)

Data are presented as number (%).

AD indicates adenocarcinoma; MIA, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; NOS, not otherwise specified; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease.