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transbronchial lung biopsy

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transbronchial lung biopsy
A biopsy from the lung by an endoscopically-guided forceps, used to diagnose benign–eg, interstitial fibrosis, sarcoidosis and malignant–eg, cancer, lymphoma–lesions. See Transbronchial needle aspiration biopsy.


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jirovecii pneumonia was made on transbronchial lung biopsy and she was treated for 3 weeks with high-dose co-trimoxazole.
Transbronchial lung biopsy specimens from a second bronchoscopy performed 1 month after admission tested negative for mycobacteria by ZN staining, PCR, and culture but positive for Acanthamoeba sp.
The diagnosis of drug-related pulmonary toxicity is often made based on a combination of clinical and imaging findings with little or no pathologic confirmation given that empirically discontinuing a particular drug may be safer than open or transbronchial lung biopsy.
 
 
 
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