TABLE 2.
COMPARISON BETWEEN EBUS-TBNA AND FINAL DIAGNOSES
| EBUS-TBNA diagnosis (n = 93) | Final Diagnosis (n = 100) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-grade NHL | Low-grade NHL | Hodgkin Lymphoma | Nonlymphoma Diagnosis | |
| High-grade B/T NHL (n = 10) |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Probable high-grade NHL (n = 1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Low-grade B-NHL (n = 30) |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 19) |
0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
| Probable Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 6) |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| Nonlymphoma diagnosis in suspected lymphoma relapse cases (n = 32) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
| Inadequate (n = 2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Definition of abbreviations: EBUS-TBNA = endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration; NHL = non-Hodgkin lymphoma.