Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Feb 16, 2026; 18(2): 113699
Published online Feb 16, 2026. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113699

Table 4 The diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for mediastinal lesions/mass, n (%)¹

EUS-FNB tissue nature	Definitive tissue diagnosis		Total	P value
EUS-FNB tissue nature	Benign	Malignant	Total	P value
Benign	41 (91.9)	4 (8.9)	45 (58.4)	< 0.001
Malignant	0 (0.0)	32 (100.0)	32 (41.6)	< 0.001
Total	41 (53.2)	36 (46.8)	77 (100.0)

¹Percentages are presented in columns.

EUS-FNB: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy.

Citation: Karim MM, Ayesha S, Shahid AH, Salman M, Kumar D, Uddin Z, Rehman AU. Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2026; 18(2): 113699
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v18/i2/113699.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113699

Karim MM, Ayesha S, Shahid AH, Salman M, Kumar D, Uddin Z, Rehman AU. Diagnostic accuracy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy for evaluating mediastinal pathologies. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2026; 18(2): 113699 [PMID: 41700164 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v18.i2.113699]

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