title: Peripheral pulmonary diseases: evaluation with endobronchial US initial experience.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigenari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiroshima
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
mesh_terms: 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