Table 4.

Final diagnoses of intrapulmonary tumors

Study [Ref.], year	Total EUS performed, n	Final diagnosis: any malignancy, n	Final diagnosis: benign, n	Final diagnosis of missed or incorrect diagnosis by EUS-FNA, n
Varadarajulu [19], 2004	18	18 NSCLC (n = 15) SCLC (n = 1) Lung metastasis (n = 2)	0	0
Annema [20], 2005	32	32 Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 4) Adenocarcinoma (n = 7) Large-cell undifferentiated carcinoma (n = 15) SCLC (n = 4) Giant-cell carcinoma (n = 1) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 1)	0	1 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n = 1)
Paquin [21], 2005	15	13 NSCLC (n = 10) Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 1) Lung metastasis (n = 2)	2 No details reported (n = 2)	1 Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 1)
Sawhney [22], 2006	19	18 No details reported (n = 18)	1 Pneumonia (n = 1)	6 No details reported (n = 6)
Hernandez [23], 2007	17	17 NSCLC (n = 12) SCLC (n = 4) Carcinoid (n = 1)	0	0
Nguyen [24], 2011	24	NR	NR	NR
Songür [25], 2011	22	20 NSCLC (n = 14) SCLC (n = 3) Multiple myeloma (n = 1) Lung metastasis (n = 2)	2 Schwannoma (n = 1) No details reported (n = 1)	6 NSCLC (n = 1) Multiple myeloma (n = 1) Adenocarcinoma metastasis (n = 2) Schwannoma (n = 1) No details reported (n = 1)
Assisi [26], 2013	11	11 Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 4) Adenocarcinoma (n = 5) Undifferentiated carcinoma (n = 2)	0	0
Vazquez-Sequeiros [27], 2013	73 (final diagnosis available for 62)	61 NSCLC (n = 47) SCLC (n = 8) Lung metastasis (n = 6)	1 Hamartoma (n = 1)	2 NSCLC (n = 2)
Nasir [28], 2014	55	55 NSCLC (n = 47) SCLC (n = 4) Lung metastasis (n = 4)	0	3 NSCLC (n = 3)
Steinfort [29], 2016	27	27 NSCLC (n = 3) Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 4) Adenocarcinoma (n = 12) SCLC (n = 1) Undifferentiated carcinoma (n = 1) Lung metastasis (n = 5) Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (n = 1)	0	1 Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (n = 1)

NSCLC, non-small cell lung carcinoma; SCLC, small cell lung carcinoma; NR, not reported.