General thoracic surgeryProspective study of endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration of lymph nodes versus transbronchial lung biopsy of lung tissue for diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Preliminary data were previously presented at CHEST 2010 Annual Meeting.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
CT
computed tomography
EBB
endobronchial biopsy
EBUS
endobronchial ultrasound
EBUS-TBNA
endobronchial ultrasound–guided transbronchial needle aspiration
TBLB
transbronchial lung biopsy
TBNA
transbronchial needle aspiration
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Disclosures: This study was supported by a JFE (The Japanese Foundation for Research and Promotion of Endoscopy) grant (2007). Dr Oki has received an honorarium for a lecture on EBUS-TBNA from Olympus, at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Respiratory Endoscopy in May, 2010. The other authors have nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.
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