TABLE 1.
PATIENT CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
| Final Diagnosis |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | High-Grade NHL | Low-Grade NHL | Nonlymphoma Diagnosis | Total | |
| Total number |
24 |
12 |
30 |
34 |
100 |
| De novo lymphoma |
22 |
11 |
18 |
1* |
52 |
| Lymphoma follow-up |
2 |
1 |
12 |
33 |
48 |
| Median (range) age, yr |
54 (24–84) |
61 (25–85) |
63 (59–85) |
66 (25–88) |
61 (24–88) |
| Male/female |
12/12 |
5/7 |
18/12 |
16/18 |
51/49 |
| Indication |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mediastinal mass |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
| Mediastinal lymphadenopathy |
16 |
11 |
29 |
34 |
90 |
| Isolated |
11 |
8 |
14 |
1 |
34 |
| HIV positive |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Evaluation in known carcinoma |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
| Evaluation in known lymphoma |
3 |
1 |
11 |
33 |
48 |
| Lymph node stations† |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
44 |
15 |
59 |
67 |
185 |
| 2R/L |
4 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
| 4R/L |
20 |
8 |
22 |
20 |
70 |
| 7 |
12 |
4 |
19 |
15 |
50 |
| 10-12R/L |
8 |
3 |
15 |
28 |
54 |
| Mean (range) lymph node size, cm |
1.8 (0.5–4) |
1.9 (0.9–4) |
1.5 (0.5–3) |
1.2 (0.5–2) |
1.6 (0.5–4) |
| Mean (range) number of passes per lymph node | 6.7 (2–13) | 5.3 (3–9) | 4.7 (2–11) | 4.1 (2–10) | 5.2 (2–12) |
Definition of abbreviation: NHL = non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
*
False-positive diagnosis of probable non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
†
Refers to delineation of lymph node stations by endobronchial ultrasound based on the new International Association of Study of Lung Cancer lymph node map.