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Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. · Jun 2016
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes detected on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.
- Daisuke Minami, Nagio Takigawa, Naohiro Oda, Takashi Ninomiya, Toshio Kubo, Kadoaki Ohashi, Akiko Sato, Katsuyuki Hotta, Masahiro Tabata, Mitsumasa Kaji, Mitsune Tanimoto, and Katsuyuki Kiura.
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama d-minami@bj8.so-net.ne.jp.
- Jpn. J. Clin. Oncol. 2016 Jun 1; 46 (6): 529-33.
ObjectiveEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration is of diagnostic value in hilar/mediastinal (N1/N2) lymph node staging. We assessed the utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in lung cancer patients with N1/N2 lymph nodes detected on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.MethodsFifty lung cancer patients with N1/N2 disease on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography underwent endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for pathological lymph nodes between November 2012 and April 2015. The diagnostic performance of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, lymph node site and size, number of needle passes and complications were evaluated retrospectively from patients' medical records. Malignancy was defined as a maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) >2.5.ResultsThe median longest diameter of the 61 lymph nodes (29 subcarinal, 21 right lower paratracheal, 6 left lower paratracheal, 4 right hilar and 1 upper paratracheal) was 23.4 mm (range: 10.4-45.7); the median number of needle passes was 2 (range: 1-5). There were no severe complications. A definitive diagnosis was made by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in 39 patients (31 adenocarcinomas, 3 small-cell carcinomas, 2 squamous-cell carcinomas, 3 large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas). In the remaining 11 patients, the diagnosis was indefinite: insufficient endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration material was collected in two patients and non-specific lymphadenopathy was confirmed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration or thoracotomy in the other nine patients. The mean lymph node SUVmax was 7.09 (range: 2.90-26.9) and was significantly higher in true-positive than in false-positive nodes (P < 0.05, t-test). Non-specific lymphadenopathy was diagnosed by expert visual interpretation of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography images in five of the nine patients.ConclusionEndobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration accurately diagnoses N1/N2 disease detected on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press.
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