Severe Mediastinal Abscess after Endobronchial Ultrasound with Transbronchial Needle Aspiration

Endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) is a minimally invasive and safe technique which is universally accepted for the mediastinum and/or hilum lymph node biopsy. Severe infectious complications following EBUS‐TBNA were occasional, but sometimes life‐threatening.[1] Two patients with severe mediastinal abscess after EBUS‐TBNA were treated successfully with surgical drainage in our department, and we reported here to improve our clinical vigilance to this disease.