ReviewJournal of cytology
Processing and Reporting of Cytology Specimens from Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Collected using Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: A State-of-the-Art Review.
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- The Practice of Cytopathology in India: Insights From a 2025 Nationwide Survey.Diagnostic cytopathology · 2026Article
- Unicentric Castleman disease presenting as hyperenhancing mediastinal mass: A case series diagnosed by linear endobronchial ultrasound guided mediastinal nodal biopsy.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026Article
- Ability of Rapid On-Site Cytologic Evaluation to Guide Lymph Node Sampling Reliably During Bronchoscopy for Granulomatous Disease.CHEST pulmonary · 2026Article
- Approach to mediastinal cytopathology: a diagnostic overview.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2026Review
- Ensuring Quality in Interventional Cytopathology.Acta cytologica · 2026Review
- Performance of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Cryobiopsy in Diagnosing Thoracic Disorders and Its Role in Next-Generation Sequencing for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.Pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Minimally Invasive Sampling of Mediastinal Lesions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Utility of SHOX2 and RASSF1A gene methylation detection on the residual cytology material from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.CytoJournal · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Slow-Capillary Endobronchial Ultrasound Needle Aspiration in Determining PD-L1 Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2023Article
- Handling and standardization of EBUS needle aspiration in NSCLC patients: The value of the cell block, a monoinstitutional experience.Thoracic cancer · 2022Article
- Diagnostic value of endobronchial ultrasound elastography combined with rapid onsite cytological evaluation in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2021Article
- Traveling with ROSE in EBUS-TBNA - Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.Journal of cytologyArticle
- Guidelines for endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): Joint Indian Chest Society (ICS)/Indian Association for Bronchology (IAB) recommendations.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is presently the preferred modality for sampling mediastinal lymph nodes. There is an unmet need for standardization of processing and reporting of cytology specimens obtained by EBUS-TBNA. The manuscript is a state-of-the-art review on the technical aspects of processing and reporting of EBUS-TBNA specimens. A literature search was conducted using the PubMed database, and the available evidence was discussed among the authors. The evidence suggests that at least one air-dried and one alcohol-fixed slide should be prepared from each lymph node pass. The remaining material should be utilized for microbiological analysis (in saline) and cell block preparation (10% formalin or other solutions). Wherever available, rapid-onsite evaluation should be performed to assess the adequacy of the sample and guide the need for additional material. The lymph node aspirate should also be collected in Roswell Park Memorial Institute solution in cases where lymphoma is under consideration. The use of liquid-based cytology provides good quality specimens that are free from blood and air-drying artifacts and can be used wherever available. Sample adequacy and the diagnostic category should be furnished separately in the cytology report.
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