The utility and safety of linear endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the paediatric population. Issue 4 (29th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Najjar, Haider; Breen, Ronan; Santis, George; Narayan, Omendra
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 55:Issue 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-04-29
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02277-2019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in adults is an essential tool for investigating mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy. It is now integral to the diagnostic and staging algorithm for lung cancer [1], as well as the diagnosis of other malignancies, lymphoma and non-malignant granulomatous conditions, such as sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. The comparable diagnostic yield, along with decreased complications, has reduced the requirement for previously standard surgical biopsy sampling [2, 3]. This first European case series demonstrates that EBUS-TBNA, well established in the diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar adenopathy in adults, is a safe and useful diagnostic alternative to invasive surgical biopsy in the paediatric population http://bit.ly/389Uvq4