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A procedure in which a thin, lighted tube is inserted through the nose or mouth. This allows examination of the inside of the trachea and bronchi (air passages that lead to the lung), as well as the lung. Bronchoscopy may be used to detect cancer or to perform some treatment procedures.
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| bronchoscopy |
A procedure in which a lighted, tube-like instrument is passed into the large air passageways of the lungs.
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| bronchoscopy |
The internal inspection of the trachea and bronchi using a bronchoscope.
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| bronchoscopy |
The doctor examines the lungs and takes the tissue sample through a flexible tube that's passed down your airway.
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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 inserted into the upper lungs. Can be used for extraction of material from the lungs. See Endoscopy.
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