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Table 2 Final diagnosis of the peripheral pulmonary lesions

From: The value of repeat radial-probe endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial biopsy after initial non-diagnostic results in patients with peripheral pulmonary lesions

Category

Total n = 43

Malignancy

35 (81)

 Adenocarcinoma (n = 22)

 Squamous cell carcinoma (n = 6)

 Metastasis (n = 3)

 Small cell carcinoma (n = 2)

 Non-small cell carcinoma (n = 1)

 Lymphoma (n = 1)

Infection

4 (9.3)

 Mycobacteriosis (n = 2)

 Cryptococcosis (n = 1)

 Pneumonia (n = 1)

Other benign process

4 (9.3)