Table 2.

Characteristics of the mediastinal and hilar adenopathies.

Pathology	Lymph nodes examined	Lymph nodes per patient#	Passes#	Lymph node size, mm#
Non-small cell lung carcinoma	314	1.0 (1-2)	2.0 (1-5)	19.0 (10-85)
Small cell lung carcinoma	78	1.0 (1-2)	2.0 (1-6)	28.5 (10-79)
Extrapulmonary carcinoma	55	1.0 (1-3)	2.0 (1-6)	21.0 (10-42)
Sarcoidosis	82	1.0 (1-3)	3.0 (1-4)	20.0 (10-45)
Tuberculosis	27	1.0 (1-2)	3.0 (2-4)	20.0 (10-39)
Lymphoma	20	1.0 (1-2)	3.0 (2-5)	23.0 (10-41)
Anthracotic and reactive	109	1.0 (1-3)	3.0 (1-6)	15.0 (10-59)
Total	685	1.0 (1-3)	2.0 (1-6)	20.0 (10-85)

^#Data are presented as median (range).