Indications for transbronchial needle aspiration

Mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy

To establish a histologic diagnosis

To stage known or suspected bronchogenic carcinoma

Endobronchial lesions

Especially useful in cases of necrotic tumor, hemorrhagic tumor, or to define the line of surgical resection (see text)

Extrinsic compression of the airway by a peribronchial process

Submucosal disease

Peripheral nodules/masses

Follow-up of small-cell tumors, lymphoma

Diagnosis and/or drainage of mediastinal cysts and/or mediastinal abscesses

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Reproduced with permission from Minai, OA, Dasgupta, A, Mehta, AC. Transbronchial needle aspiration of central and peripheral lesions. In: Bolliger, CT, Mathur, PN (Eds), Progress in Respiratory Research-Interventional Bronchoscopy. Karger, Basel, Switzerland, 1999.

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Indications for transbronchial needle aspiration