Diagnostic Yield of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Evaluating Solitary Pulmonary Nodules

Preliminary Experience With the Use of Electromagnetic Navigation for the Diagnosis of Peripheral Pulmonary Nodules and Enlarged Mediastinal Lymph Nodes

“…The diagnostic yield of transbronchial biopsy is very limited in this case and is no more than 15% to 30% in lesions under 2 cm, especially if these are in the distal third of the airway. 1 The same could be said about fine needle aspiration of enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, albeit for different reasons. In this case, the frustration lies in the difficulty in reproducing the diagnostic yield of very experienced hospitals, 2 especially those, such as ours, that are fortunate enough to have a histopathologist present during the procedure.…”

Diagnostic Yield of Various Procedures in Lung Cancer

“…Baaklini and associates (8) found that by utilising flexible bronchoscopy, an overall diagnostic for peripheral malignant lesion could be obtained in 53% however, when the size of lesion was less than 2 cm the diagnostic rate fell to 14% for outer one third lesions and 31% for those in the inner two third of the lung field. When utilising multiple diagnostic instruments during flexible bronchoscopy, Reichenberger and colleagues were able to obtain diagnosis of malignancy in 27.5% of patients with lesion less than 3 cm and in 65% of patients with lesion greater than 3 cm (9) .…”

The Evaluation of Preoperative Diagnostic Approach to Solitary Pulmonary Nodule with Solid Structure

“…Santral yerleşimli ve büyük lezyonlarda bronkoskopinin tanı oranı artmaktadır. Çapı 2 cm'den küçük olan periferik nodüllerde bronkoskopinin tanısal değeri % 35 olarak bildirilmiştir [9]. Skopi, endobronşiyal ultrason ve otofloresan yöntemlerle tanı oranını artırmak mümkündür.…”

“…Skopi, endobronşiyal ultrason ve otofloresan yöntemlerle tanı oranını artırmak mümkündür. Genel anlamda bronkoskopinin tanı-sal değeri malign nodüller için %64, benign nodüller için % 35 olarak rapor edilmiştir [9]. Transtorasik biyopsi periferik nodüllerde bronkoskopiye göre tanı oranını arttırmaktadır.…”