TABLE 1.
Patient | Site | Pathology | EBUS-sampled stations | Stations sampled n | EBUS positive | EBUS negative | Discrepant sites# | |
Upstaged | 1 | RLL | Adenocarcinoma | 7, 4R | 2 | 7, 4R | None | 4R |
2 | RUL | NSCLC | Pre-carinal, 7, 2R | 3 | Pre-carinal | 7, 2R | 4R | |
3 | Left hilum | Squamous | 7, LLL, 4L | 3 | 7, LLL | 4L | 7 | |
4 | RUL | Adenocarcinoma | 4R, 7, 11R | 3 | 7, 11R | 4R | 7 | |
Downstaged | 5 | RLL | Squamous | 4R, 7 | 2 | 7 | 4R | 2R, 4R |
6 | RLL | Squamous | 4L, 2R, 4R, 2L, 7, 11R | 6 | 7, 11R | 4L, 2R, 4R, 2L | 2L, 4L, 2R, 4R | |
7 | RLL | NSCLC | 4R, 4L, 11R, 7 | 4 | 11R, 7 (atypia) | 4R, 4L | 4R, 4L | |
8 | RLL | NSCLC | 4R, 4L | 2 | 4R, 4L | None | 2R | |
9 | RUL | Squamous | 4R, 7, 10R | 3 | 7, 10R | 4R | 2R, 4R | |
10 | RUL | NSCLC | 2R, pre-carinal, 4R, right hilum | 4 | Pre-carinal | 2R, 4R, right hilum | 2R |
EBUS: endobronchial ultrasound; RLL: right lower lobe; RUL: right upper lobe; NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer. #: between positron emission tomography-computed tomography and EBUS-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.