An 8 year- review of granulomatous inflammation in EBUS samples- common in sarcoidosis, rare but identified in the setting of cancer where FDG uptake can be observed on PET scanning.

C. Tobin-O'Brien (Dublin, Ireland), S. Skehan (Dublin, Ireland), N. Swan (Dublin, Ireland), M. Mcnally (Dublin, Ireland), M. Butler (Dublin, Ireland), A. Fabre (Dublin, Ireland)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Lung cancer: new tools for diagnosis and patient assessment
Session: Lung cancer: new tools for diagnosis and patient assessment
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2770
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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