Roswell Park Cancer Institute, State University of New York, Buffalo

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Medicine

Substernal Thyroid Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Abhishek Kumar¹, Arjun Mohan¹, Samjot S. Dhillon², Kassem Harris²

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, ²Interventional Pulmonology Section, Division of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, State University of New York, Buffalo

Substernal thyroid lesions are common, and need to be differentiated from malignancy. Obtaining percutaneous fine needle biopsy is not possible due to its retrosternal location. This article proposes a protocol for biopsy of substernal thyroid lesions using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA).