Bronchoscopic Sampling Techniques in Sarcoidosis

Conditions

• Mediastinal Lymph Node Enlargement
• Sarcoidosis
• Tuberculosis
• Lymphomas

Interventions

• PROCEDURE: EBUS guided transbronchial forceps biopsy (EBUS-TBFB)
• PROCEDURE: EBUS guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
• PROCEDURE: large bore (19G) histologic needle biopsy of the mediastinal lymph nodes
• PROCEDURE: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
• PROCEDURE: Endobronchial forceps biopsy

Sponsor

Medical University of Warsaw