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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:1578-1579
© 2009 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Predictor factors of transbronchial needle aspiration diagnostic yield in sarcoidosis

Alberto Fernández-Villar, MD, PhD, Virginia Leiro, MD, PhD, Maribel Botana, MD

Bronchoscopy Unit, Pulmonary Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Galicia, Spain

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To the Editor:

We have read with attention the excellent work of Trisolini and associates1Go regarding predictor variables for transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) yield in sarcoidosis that was published in the April 2008 issue of the Journal. Regarding the results from the analysis of our experience in mediastinal and hilar lymph node TBNA in sarcoidosis, we have a few comments. In a 10-year period, we performed TBNA in 82 different lymph nodes in 57 patients with stage I or II sarcoidosis using a 19-gauge histology needle (MW-319; Bard-Wang, Billerica, Mass) in most of the cases (93%). The number of diagnostic samples obtained was lower than that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Rocco Trisolini and Marco Patelli
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2009 137: 1579-1580. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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