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Thus, we aimed to report on the 20 years of experience at our center with regard to US-guided CNB.<\/jats:p><jats:p>We included all consecutive patients referred to our center to undergo US-guided percutaneous transthoracic CNB for a mediastinal mass between 1999 and 2022. Descriptive statistics were used to display data. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to inquire about predictors of diagnostic sampling.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The final cohort included 140 patients with a median age of 37 years. In 20.7% of the cases, the mediastinal mass was an incidental finding. The parasternal approach was used most often. US-guided CNB was diagnostic in 84.3% of the patients and most of the diagnoses included hematological neoplasms. The reasons for non-diagnostic sampling included firm lesion consistency, low quantity of samples, and lesion necrosis. The parasternal approach resulted in an independent predictor of diagnostic sampling (AOR 4.16, 95% CI 1.14\u201315.23, p=0.031), while a bulky feature revealed only a trend for diagnostic sampling. One non-severe adverse event occurred, with spontaneous resolution.<\/jats:p><jats:p>US-guided percutaneous transthoracic CNB is an effective and safe procedure that allows the diagnosis of mediastinal masses. 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