Abstract P141
| Total patients (n) | 40 |
| Mean age (range) | 70 (51–89) |
| Patients with obvious parenchymal mass on CT thorax, n (%) | 31 (77.5) |
| Patients with mediastinal lymph nodes suitable for TBNA, n (%) | 32 (80) |
| Patients suitable for TBNA, but not having histological diagnosis by any other method, n (%) | 9 (28.2) |
| Patients suitable for TBNA, who had histological diagnosis by more invasive methods, n (%) | 8 (25) |
| Patients who had histological diagnosis made by CT guided needle biopsy | 10 (31.3) |
| Total no of patients who could have potentially had a TNBA, avoiding other higher risk techniques and increasing histological yield, n (%) | 27 (84.5) |