Table 2 Clinical diagnoses of all the patients who underwent EBUS-GS
Variables | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Patients with pulmonary emphysema | |
Diagnosed by EBUS-GS (n = 91) | |
Lung cancer | 85 (93) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 4 (4) |
NTM lung disease | 1 (1) |
Organizing pneumonia | 1 (1) |
Undiagnosed on EBUS-GS (n = 38) | |
Lung cancer | 19 (50) |
Pneumonia | 3 (8) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 (3) |
Lymphoma | 1 (3) |
Unknown | 14 (37) |
Patients without pulmonary emphysema | |
Diagnosed by EBUS-GS (n = 204) | |
Lung cancer | 187 (91) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 7 (3) |
Pneumonia or lung abscess | 3 (2) |
Metastatic lung nodules | 3 (2) |
Sarcoidosis | 1 (1) |
Fungal infection | 1 (1) |
NTM lung disease | 1 (1) |
Lymphoma | 1 (1) |
Undiagnosed on EBUS-GS (n = 60) | |
Lung cancer | 23 (38) |
Metastatic lung nodules | 3 (5) |
Fungal infection | 2 (3) |
Pneumonia or lung abscess | 2 (3) |
Pulmonary tuberculosis | 1 (2) |
NTM lung disease | 1 (2) |
Interstitial lung disease | 1 (2) |
Unknown | 27 (45) |