title: Going Off Road: The First Case Reports of the Use of the Transbronchial Access Tool With Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy.
abstract: The ability to reach the peripheral pulmonary nodule/mass with bronchoscopy has improved greatly over the past several years with the use of Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy; however, many of these lesions are unable to be adequately sampled due to their location outside the bronchial airways. We report the first use of the transbronchial access tool that creates a pathway from the bronchial airway through the lung parenchyma into the targeted lung abnormality.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Cardiovascular Sciences †Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anciano
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bowling
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology