Impact of Rapid Cytologic Evaluation of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration on the Value of Adjunctive Transbronchial Biopsy in Sarcoidosis

ABBREVIATIONS: aTBB = transbronchial biopsy performed as an adjunct to endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration; CT-ILD = parenchymal lung disease on CT imaging of the chest; CXR = chest radiograph; EBUS-TBNA = endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration; ISaTBB = diagnostic sensitivity of adjunctive transbronchial biopsy for an incremental diagnosis of sarcoidosis; nISaTBB = diagnostic sensitivity of adjunctive transbronchial biopsy for an incremental diagnosis of sarcoidosis normalized for differences in the diagnostic sensitivity of transbronchial biopsy; ROSE = rapid on-site cytologic evaluation of specimens from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration; S F = diagnostic sensitivity of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration final cytologic review for sarcoidosis; S R = diagnostic sensitivity of rapid on-site cytologic evaluation for sarcoidosis; S T = diagnostic sensitivity of transbronchial biopsy for sarcoidosis; TBB = transbronchial biopsy Q2