Table 2 Diagnoses in conventional smears of transbronchial needle aspirates (n = 697)
Squamous cell carcinoma | 29 (4.2) |
Adenocarcinoma | 98 (14.1) |
NSCLC not otherwise specified | 63 (9.0) |
Small cell carcinoma | 33 (4.7) |
Normal tissue | 285 (40.9) |
Non-diagnostic | |
Isolated atypical cells | 15 (2.1) |
Non-representative | 174 (25.0) |