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Table 2 EBUS-TBNA pathological findings

From: Endobronchial ultrasound in real life: primary diagnosis and mediastinal staging of lung cancer in patients submitted to thoracic surgery

Absence of pathological findings, N (%)a

188 (65.5)

Squamous Cell Carcinoma, N (%)

40 (13.9)

Adenocarcinoma, N (%)

38 (13.2)

Large Cell carcinoma, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Adenosquamous Carcinoma, N (%)

1 (0.3)

NSCLC-NOS, N (%)

4 (1.3)

Clear Cell Carcinoma, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Undifferentiated Carcinoma, N (%)

2 (0.7)

Neuroendocrine Tumor, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Thymoma, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Lymphoproliferative Process, N (%)

2 (0.7)

Sarcomatous Process, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Anthracosis and Silica, N (%)

1 (0.3)

Granulomatous Process, N (%)

4 (1.4)

Inflammatory Process, N (%)

2 (0.7)

Total, N (%)

287 (100 %)

  1. NSCLC-NOS non-small cell lung cancer not otherwise specified
  2. arepresentative lymph node samples without disease