Diagnosis of Pneumoconiosis by Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Diagnosis by Transbronchial Biopsy

blood gas levels showed hvpoxemia, with an increased alveolar arterial gradient (Table 1). Laboratory findings disclosed the following values: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), 20 mm/Is; hemoglobin level, 13.8 g/dl; leukocyte count, 8,200/mm3, with a normal differential cell count; platelet count, 397,000/mm3; BUN, 10 mgidl (normal range, 5 to 25 mg/dl); creatinine, 1 mg/dl (normal range, 0...

Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Transbronchial Lung biopsy (TBBx) also known as “Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy” is one of the most important sampling procedures performed during fl exible bronchoscopy. In majority of cases, TBBx is performed under conscious sedation in an outpatient setting. TBBx is performed for obtaining tissue specimen from peripheral lung masses and focal or diffuse lung in fi ltrates. The technique is useful...

Intravascular lymphomatosis diagnosed by transbronchial lung biopsy.

Intravascular lymphomatosis is a rare lymphoma presenting a variety of symptoms due to proliferation of tumour cells within blood vessels in the brain, the skin and other organs. This disease is generally considered to be highly malignant, but to be relatively susceptible to combined chemotherapy, when diagnosed in the early stage. We describe a case of intravascular lymphomatosis, presenting w...

Transbronchial lung biopsy through fibreoptic bronchoscope in diagnosis of sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis was ultimately diagnosed in a consecutive series of 79 patients, of whom 24 presented with unusual features. Histological support for this diagnosis was obtained in 37 out of 42 patients who underwent transbronchial biopsy; epithelioid and giant-cell granulomas were also found on biopsy of the bronchial mucosa in 17 out of 22 patients. Kveim tests were completed in 44 patients: resu...

Complications in Transbronchial Lung Biopsy