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ArticleSaudi medical journal2023

Real time endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration for the diagnosis of tuberculous intrathoracic lymphadenopathy: Saudi Arabian Western region experience.

Ahmed A Aljohaney

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ahmed A AljohaneyFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo assess the utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients with intrathoracic enlarged lymph nodes in a country with low to moderate TB incidence.

methodsThirty-one patients with clinical features of TB and intrathoracic lymphadenopathy, who had EBUS-TBNA sampling and final confirmation of intrathoracic TB lymphadenopathy, were retrospectively reviewed over an 8-year period. Routine clinical and laboratory evaluations including computerized tomography scans were performed before the EBUS-TBNA. Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical profile, pathological, and microbiological findings were collected.

resultsThe EBUS-TBNA confirmed TB diagnosis in 26 (83.9%) subjects with a consistent pathological finding or positive culture of

conclusionThe EBUS-TBNA demonstrated effective utility and safety in the evaluation and diagnosis of intrathoracic TB lymphadenopathy among individuals with compatible symptoms in a country with low-moderate TB-incidence.

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LymphadenopathyMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, Lymph NodeEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationHumansLymph NodesRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaTuberculinTuberculinefficiencyendoscopeslymph nodesmediastinumsafetythoraxultrasonography

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PMID36773981
PMCPMC9987700
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