title: Bronchoscopic needle aspiration biopsy.
abstract: Bronchoscopic needle aspiration biopsy, which encompasses transbronchial needle aspiration, transtracheal needle aspiration, and endobronchial needle aspiration, is a minimally invasive technique used to diagnose mediastinal and pulmonary masses and to stage lung cancer patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Since it is safe, accurate, and potentially cost-efficient, its use may increase in the coming years. It is important that pathologists who examine cytology specimens understand this procedure, its limitations, and ways that it may be optimized.
authors: Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157-1072, USA.
authors: J O
authors: JO
authors: Cappellari
authors: E F
authors: EF
authors: Haponik
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity