• Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2021

    Thoracic endosonography (EBUS/EUS-b) in diagnosis of different intrathoracic diseases: a 4-year experience at a single-center in Greece.

    • Serafeim Chrysikos, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Eleftherios Zervas, Maria Anyfanti, Ourania Papaioannou, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Georgios Hillas, and Katerina Dimakou.
    • 5th Respiratory Medicine Department, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
    • Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2021 Mar 1; 75 (3): e13684.

    BackgroundIn the last decade, the advent of thoracic endosonography has revolutionised the field of diagnostic bronchoscopy.MethodsWe conducted a single-centre prospective study in "Sotiria" Chest diseases hospital between January 2016 and December 2019. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and diagnostic value of combined EBUS/EUS-b in comparison with EBUS-TBNA and EUS-b FNA in different intrathoracic diseases.ResultsA total of 266 patients were enrolled (70.7% males, 85.7% smokers, mean age ± SD: 62.8 ± 11.8). Diagnosis and staging of suspected lung cancer (LC) were the main indications for EBUS/EUS-b in 56.7% of patients, followed by lymphadenopathy of unknown origin in 27%, lymphadenopathy in previous malignancy in 10.9%, and staging of proven LC in 5.3%. EUS-b FNA alone or combined with EBUS-TBNA was performed in 14.7% of patients. A total of 512 lymph nodes was sampled (481 through EBUS-TBNA and 31 through EUS-b FNA). EBUS/EUS-b led to a definitive diagnosis in 68.4% of the patients. Most cases (50.4%) were malignancies, while 18% represented benign diseases (83.3% sarcoidosis). Sensitivity of combined EBUS/EUS-b was higher in comparison with sensitivity of both procedures alone (100% vs 89.4% vs 88.9%). Accordingly, the overall sensitivity of EBUS/EUS-b for the detection of malignancy and sarcoidosis was 93% and 95.2%, respectively. No severe complications were observed.ConclusionThoracic endosonography is an efficient, safe, minimally invasive tool yielding high sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected malignancy and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Experienced pulmonologists in EBUS-TBNA should more routinely perform EUS-b FNA to avoid unnecessary surgical interventions.© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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