Submucosal alveolar entrapment may occur in the submucosa of bronchi or bronchioles in bronchoscopic biopsy specimens (fig. 2-3). Occasionally, this can be mistaken for lymphangitic carcinoma.

During a transbronchial biopsy, a tool called a bronchoscope—a thin, flexible tube equipped with a camera and light—is inserted into your nose or mouth and guided down to your airways. The ...

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“Where nodules are found to be 15 or even 20 millimeters, clinicians may propose further testing, such as a positron emission tomography scan, bronchoscopy or tissue biopsy,” says Xin ...

Phoebe Pulmonologist Dr. Jyotir Mehta performed the biopsy using the Ion Bronchoscopy system, a cutting-edge tool for diagnosing lung conditions that provides precise tissue sampling from an area that ...

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A modern bronchoscopy suite with fluoroscopy is available for ambulatory ... and therapeutic techniques used in pulmonary medicine such as pleuroscopy, pleural biopsy and the placement and management ...

It can be especially important to correlate the clinical and radiologic data when the lung biopsy is small, such as obtained in a bronchoscopic or needle biopsy. It is very useful for the ...