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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Diagnostic value of endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration for accessible lung cancer lesions after non-diagnostic conventional techniques: a prospective study

Patient characteristics

Number of patients (n)

123

Mean age (yrs, range)

63.1 (38–88)

Male/female (n, %)

92 (74.8%) / 31 (25.2%)

Location of the target lesion (n, %)

 

  Left lung mass

28 (22.7%)

  Right lung mass

47 (38.2%)

  Central pulmonary mass (within hilar and/or mediastinal structures)

13 (10.6%)

  Lymph nodes with increase FDG uptake (primary lesion not accessible by linear EBUS or EUS-FNA)

35 (28.5%)

Mean size of the target lesion (mm)

 

  Pulmonary mass

32.1 mm (17-64 mm)

  Lymph nodes short-axis

17.2 mm (13-22 mm)

Non-diagnostic previous investigations (n, %)

 

  Flexible bronchoscopy

104 (84.5%)

   Bronchial/bronchoalveolar lavage

104 (100%)

   Bronchial/transbronchial biopsies

91 (87.5%)

   Bronchial brushing

59 (56.7%)

   “Blind” TBNA

15 (14.4%)

  CT-TTNA

19 (15.5%)

≥ 2 non-diagnostic procedures

48 (39.0%)