Journal article
The physician factor and anatomical site in 8846 consecutive mediastinal lymph node aspirations in a cross-sectional study
Abstract
Mediastinal lymph node fine needle aspiration (MLN-FNA) is a common procedure; however, the physician factor in pathological category, and anatomical site are not routinely assessed. Cytology reports for endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)/endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) MLN-FNA specimens (8846) were retrieved for July 2012–Dec 2019, classified by hierarchical free text string match algorithm into 51 diagnostic categories, four mutually exclusive …
Authors
Bonert M; Zafar U; Ramadan S; Finley C; Cutz J-C; Foster G; Ask K; Naqvi A
Journal
Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-26962-w
ISSN
2045-2322