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Table 2.

The case of diagnosis confirmed by pathology and follow-up.

	EBUS-GS-TBCB			EBUS-GS-TBB
Adenocarcinoma	14			7
Squamous carcinoma	1			2
Small cell lung cancer	0			2
Sarcomatoid carcinoma	1			0
Metastatic carcinoma	1 (from renal carcinoma)			1 (from breast cancer)
Pulmonary tuberculosis	2			0
Malignancy	0			3	Adenocarcinoma	3^a
Inflammation	9	Adenocarcinoma	3^a	16	Adenocarcinoma	3^a
		Adenocarcinoma	1^b		Adenocarcinoma	1^c
		Small cell lung cancer	1^c		Small cell lung cancer	3^c
		Inflammation	1^b		Inflammation	2^b
		Pneumonia	1^d		Pneumonia	3^d
		No conclusion	1^d		No conclusion	4^d
		Metastatic carcinoma from breast	1^b

a, PPLs were confirmed by surgical resection; b, PPLs was confirmed by transthoracic core biopsy guided by chest CT; c, PPLs was confirmed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy; d, PPLs were confirmed by follow-up.