title: Diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in solitary mediastinal, hilar lymphadenectasis, or peribronchial lesions: Six cases reports and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with isolated mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathy, or peribronchial lesions, are common presentation to clinicians. Due to the difficulty in tissue sampling, the pathological diagnosis is not so easy. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is an established, highly effective, minimally invasive technique for sampling. The current study was conducted to investigate the value of EBUS-TBNA in patients of solitary mediastinal, hilar lymphadenectasis, or peribronchial lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six patients with different pathological results diagnosed via EBUS-TBNA were retrospectively analyzed in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 6 patients of solitary mediastinal, hilar lymphadenectasis, or peribronchial lesions underwent conventional flexible bronchoscopy before EBUS-TBNA, but only EBUS-TBNA was helpful for the finally definite diagnosis. No complication was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EBUS-TBNA is a safe and highly effective diagnostic procedure for both benign and malignant diseases, especially for patients with solitary mediastinal, hilar lymphadenectasis, or peribronchial lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yan-Bin
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jing-Yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Jian-An
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult