Substernal Thyroid Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle AspirationAbhishek Kumar 1, Arjun Mohan 1, Samjot S. Dhillon 2, Kassem Harris 2
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).
