Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy is a test to view the airways and diagnose lung disease. Itmay also beusedduring thetreatment ofsome lung conditions.
Alternative Names:
Fiberoptic bronchoscopy
How the test is performed:
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Bronchoscopy Introduction
Bronchoscopy allows a doctor to examine inside your airway for any abnormality such as foreign bodies, bleeding, a tumor, or inflammation. The doctor uses either a rigid bronchoscope or flexible bronchoscope.
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Flexible bronchoscopy is a procedure involving visualization of the inside of a patient's lung with the use of a fiberoptic tool called a bronchoscope.
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Bronchoscopy
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This test is recommended if a chest X-ray or other diagnostic procedure suggests a lung disease that requires an inspection of the airways of the lung or a tissue sample for ...
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Bronchoscopy is an examination of the larger airways (trachea and bronchi) using an instrument called a bronchoscope.
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A bronchoscopy is a test done with a thin, flexible fiber-optic tube called a bronchoscope. The tube is inserted through the nose or mouth into the lung. A tissue sample can be removed for study, or biopsied.
Who is a candidate for the test?
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Bronchoscopy: A procedure to look inside the trachea and large airways in the lung for abnormal areas. A bronchoscope (a thin, lighted tube) is inserted through the nose or mouth into the trachea and lungs. Tissue samples may be taken for biopsy.
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Bronchoscopy. In this procedure, which is similar to esophagoscopy, your doctor uses an endoscope to examine your windpipe (trachea) and the air passages leading to your lungs (bronchi) to determine whether cancer has spread to these areas.
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Bronchoscopy - a thin flexible tube is passed gently through your nose or mouth and into the lung airways. Photographs and cell samples are then taken.
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Bronchoscopy ScanThe examination of the air passages through a flexible or rigid tube inserted into the nostril (or mouth). Sometimes cells are collected by washing the lungs with a small amount of fluid.
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BRONCHOSCOPY: Visual examination of the bronchial passages of the lungs through the tube of an endoscope (usually a curved flexible tube containing fibers that carry light down the tube and project an enlarged image up the tube to the viewer) that is ...
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Bronchoscopy
Lung scan
Pulmonary function tests
Sputum analysis (if the cough produces sputum)
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During bronchoscopy or collection of a sputum sample using a catheter, you may feel a strong urge to cough as the bronchoscope or catheter passes into the back of your throat. You may also feel as if you cannot breathe.
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Diagnosis of lung cancer may be made by physical examination, chest X rays, bronchoscopy (see bronchoscope), or percutaneous needle biopsy (insertion of a fine needle through the skin and into the lung to obtain tissue for study).
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- A professional can use bronchoscopy instruments to examine the bronchial tubes and suction out phlegm.
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Chest X-ray
Chest CT scan
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Bronchoscopy
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Cancer cells are found in sputum (mucus coughed up from the lungs), but no tumor can be found in the lung by imaging or bronchoscopy, or the primary tumor is too small to be assessed.
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