title: Endobronchial-ultrasound needle aspiration and endoscopic ultrasound-fine-needle aspiration in thoracic diseases.
abstract: EBUS-TBNA and EUS-FNA are minimally invasive techniques rapidly gaining ground in the non-surgical invasive diagnostic approach to thoracic diseases due to their high accuracy and low morbidity and mortality compared to surgical techniques. Moreover, in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer the combination of the two techniques is superior to either test alone. In this review we focus on the role of EBUS-TBNA and EUS-FNA in both malignant and non-malignant thoracic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colella
authors.affiliation: Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.|Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gentofte Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Clementsen
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gurioli
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Gurioli
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ravaglia
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomassetti
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology, GB Morgagni-L Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piciucchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, GB Morgagni-L Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubini
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Unit, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Azienda USL Romagna, GB Morgagni-L-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.|Department of Respiratory Diseases & Allergology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poletti
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Diagnosis; EBUS-TBNA; EUS-FNA; Staging; Thoracic diseases