EUS with EBUS beat transbronchial biopsies for diagnosis of sarcoidosis in RCT
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EUS with EBUS Superior at Diagnosing Sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis affects tens of thousands of people in the U.S., but making the diagnosis can be tricky. A biopsy is almost always required, and since >90% of patients have involvement of the lungs and/or lymph nodes in the chest, bronchoscopy has been the standard procedure for obtaining tissue. If tissue biopsy reveals noncaseating granulomas, and other similarly-presenting diseases (tuberculosis, fungal disease, lymphoma, lung cancer) can be ruled out, sarcoidosis is the likely diagnosis. Bronchoscopic biopsies have been traditionally done using miniature forceps on the end of a wire advanced to the lung periphery -- so-called transbronchial lung biopsies. However, this approach only has an
EUS with EBUS beat transbronchial biopsies for diagnosis of sarcoidosis in RCT
EUS with EBUS beat transbronchial biopsies…
EUS with EBUS beat transbronchial biopsies for diagnosis of sarcoidosis in RCT
EUS with EBUS Superior at Diagnosing Sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis affects tens of thousands of people in the U.S., but making the diagnosis can be tricky. A biopsy is almost always required, and since >90% of patients have involvement of the lungs and/or lymph nodes in the chest, bronchoscopy has been the standard procedure for obtaining tissue. If tissue biopsy reveals noncaseating granulomas, and other similarly-presenting diseases (tuberculosis, fungal disease, lymphoma, lung cancer) can be ruled out, sarcoidosis is the likely diagnosis. Bronchoscopic biopsies have been traditionally done using miniature forceps on the end of a wire advanced to the lung periphery -- so-called transbronchial lung biopsies. However, this approach only has an