Table 1.

Results of varied techniques during bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of individual pathomorphological types of LC depending on the place of collection of the material and the nodal station

Material	SCLC	Adenocarcinoma	Squamous cell carcinoma	NOS	Total LC
EBUS-TBNA/EUS-FNA of lymph nodes	250 (27.7%)	331 (36.7%)	209 (23.1%)	114 (12.5%)	904 (100%)
EBUS-TBNA/EUS-FNA of tumour	88 (24.7%)	94 (25.8%)	135 (37.2%)	44 (12.3%)	361 (100%)
EBUS-TBNA/EUS-FNA metastases to adrenal gland	3 (42.9%)	1 (14.3%)	2 (28.6%)	1 (14.3%)	7 (100%)
Forceps biopsy of tumour	156 (22%)	163 (25%)	270 (41.5%)	62 (9.5%)	651 (100%)

EBUS-TBNA, endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration; EUS-FNA, endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration; LC, lung cancer; NOS, not otherwise specified; SCLC, small cell lung cancer.