Composite inflammatory indices for the differentiation of tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and reactive lymphadenopathy in patients undergoing EBUS-TBNA
Buğra Kerget, Sırma Merve Çetin, Mustafa Buğra Coşkune · 2026
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Buğra Kerget and co-authors test blood scores for sorting swollen chest lymph nodes in a 2026 study. Nodes in the chest can swell from tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, or harmless reactive causes, and the three can look alike on scans. Telling them apart guides very different treatment. The team checked whether scores built from routine blood counts could help.
They studied 223 patients sampled by ultrasound-guided needle biopsy from 2020 to 2025. Two new combined scores joined older ones, and all ran highest in tuberculosis. One new score separated tuberculosis from sarcoidosis with fair accuracy. Cheap blood scores will not replace biopsy, but they may sharpen early judgment.
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| CREATOR | Buğra Kerget, Sırma Merve Çetin, Mustafa Buğra Coşkune |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29076 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |