Peripheral pulmonary diseases: evaluation with endobronchial US initial experience.
Endobronchial ultrasonography (US) with 4.5-F small-caliber US probes, combined with bronchoalveolar lavage technique, was evaluated in autopsied lungs and 22 patients with various pulmonary interstitial or alveolar diseases. Several different echoic patterns were found that may reflect changes due to pathologic alteration of lung parenchyma. This technique may have potential for evaluation and diagnosis of peripheral lung diseases.
Omori
Shigenari
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Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
Takiguchi
Yuichi
Y
Hiroshima
Kenzo
K
Tanabe
Nobuhiro
N
Tatsumi
Koichiro
K
Kimura
Hiroshi
H
Nagao
Keiichi
K
Kuriyama
Takayuki
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging