Diagnostic performance of EBUS-TBNA and its interrelation with PET-CT in patients with extra-thoracic malignancies

Demirdöğen E., Ursavaş A., Guclu Ö., Palloş A., Özkaya G., Karadağ M.

TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX, vol.68, no.3, pp.285-292, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/tt.70045
  • Journal Name: TUBERKULOZ VE TORAK-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.285-292
  • Keywords: Endobrochial ultrasound, transbronchial needle aspiration, extra-thoracic malignancy, PET-CT, diagnostic performance, TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION, LYMPH-NODE METASTASES, MEDIASTINAL LYMPHADENOPATHY, EXTRATHORACIC MALIGNANCY, INTRATHORACIC LYMPHADENOPATHY, LUNG-CANCER, PULMONARY, BIOPSY, SARCOIDOSIS, UTILITY
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a well-established diagnostic tool for lung cancer, sarcoidosis, and suspected metastatic extra-thoracic malignancy (ETM). Patients with primary ETM often have hypermetabolic mediastinal/hilar lymph node enlargement in the PET-scan done for initial staging or post treatment follow-up. We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of EBUS-TBNA and the relationship between PET-SUV values and diagnosis of malignancy metastasis in patients with ETM.