title: Ultrasound-guided transbronchial and transesophageal needle biopsy in the mediastinal staging of lung cancer.
abstract: This review presents the current state of two endosonographic techniques, endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), and their application in the mediastinal staging of patients with lung cancer. The technique for these procedures is presented and their diagnostic yield is discussed, based on the published evidence. EBUS and EUS, especially in combination with needle aspiration biopsy, emerge as the primary modalities for mediastinal staging because of their high diagnostic yield, minimal invasiveness, low cost, and avoidance of disruption of mediastinal lymphatic pathways before the final treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, John Paul II Hospital, Jagiellonian University, 80 Pradnicka Street, 31-202 Cracow, Poland. j.kuzdzal@mp.pl
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kużdżał
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szlubowski
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D019160:Endosonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*