Table 5. Overall diagnostic performance of EBUS-TBNA for various pathologies in patients with isolated mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy.
Overall (%) | Lymphoma (%) | Sarcoidosis (%) | Carcinoma (%) | |
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Sensitivity (95% CI) | 81.6 (74.2–87.6) | 26.7 (7.8–55.1) | 86.7 (79.1–92.4) | 100 (59.0–100) |
NPV (95% CI) | 74.8 (65.2–82.8) | 95.9 (91.0–97.4) | 87.5 (80.2–92.8) | 100 (98.3–100) |
Diagnostic accuracy | 87.7 | 94.9 | 92.7 | 100 |
Disease prevalence | 64.7 | 6.9 | 51.6 | 3.2 |
EBUS-TBNA, endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial aspiration.