NORIAKI KURIMOTO, MD, PHD, Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Japan

DAVID I.K. FIELDING, MD, Thoracic Physician and Director of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

ALI MUSANI, MD, FCCP, Vice Chair, Global Health, Department of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director of Complex Airway Pillar of the Center for Lung and Breathing; Interventional Pulmonology Program and Fellowship; Bronchoscopy Service, University of Colorado Hospital; and Division of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA

CHRISTOPHER KNIESE, MD, Assistant Professor and Director of Interventional Pulmonology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

KATSUHIKO MORITA, MD, PHD, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Japan Community Health Care Organization (JCHO), Shimonoseki Medical Center, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan; and Clinical Professor of Shimane University, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Foreword vii

About the Companion Website ix

1 Endobronchial Ultrasonography: An Overview 1
Noriaki Kurimoto

2 Identifying Peribronchial Organs during Endobronchial Ultrasonography 19
Noriaki Kurimoto

3 How to Perform Endobronchial Ultrasonography 31
Noriaki Kurimoto

4 Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration 43
Christopher Kniese and Ali I. Musani

5 Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration: Tips and Tricks 63
David I.K. Fielding

6 Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Mediastinal Lymph Node Aspiration for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Staging 81
Christopher Kniese and Ali I. Musani

7 How to Accurately Identify the Bronchial Pathway to a Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion 87
Noriaki Kurimoto

8 Qualitative Analysis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions Using Endobronchial Ultrasonography 103
Noriaki Kurimoto

9 Diagnosis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions Using Endobronchial Ultrasonography with a Guide Sheath 115
Noriaki Kurimoto

10 Endobronchial Ultrasonography with a Guide Sheath: Up to Date 125
David I.K. Fielding

11 Endobronchial Ultrasonography for Ground-Glass Opacity Lesions 133
David I.K. Fielding

12 Techniques for Comparing Endobronchial Ultrasonography Images of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions with Macroscopy and Histopathology Findings 137
Katsuhiko Morita

13 Endobronchial Ultrasonography of Airway Integrity and Tumor Involvement 157
David I.K. Fielding

14 Endobronchial Ultrasonography in Interventional Bronchoscopy 167
Christopher Kniese and Ali I. Musani

15 Cytopathology in Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Nodes 177
Christopher Kniese and Ali I. Musani

16 Future Directions for Endobronchial Ultrasonography 187
David I.K. Fielding

Appendix: Videos 193

Index 219