Electro-navigational bronchoscopy for bilateral peripheral lung lesions: A case report.

Autor:	Faisal AH; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Respiratory Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. arabinose@hotmail.com., Sopian AW; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Respiratory Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tidi H; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Respiratory Unit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Medical journal of Malaysia [Med J Malaysia] 2017 Aug; Vol. 72 (4), pp. 241-243.
Abstrakt:	Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB), one of the methods of navigational bronchoscopy is an advanced diagnostic tool allowing tissue sampling at the lung peripheries which were previously accessible only by computed tomography (CT) guidance or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). We report a 53-year-old man who presented with a cough and dyspnea with constitutional symptoms for one month. CT thorax revealed multiple bilateral peripheral lung nodules and there were no endobronchial lesions on flexible bronchoscopy. ENB was performed using a loan machine from Veran navigational technology. Biopsy successfully revealed small cell carcinoma of the lung thus preventing him from undergoing a more invasive diagnostic procedure. This case highlights the utility of ENB in the evaluation of peripheral lung nodules that were inaccessible by conventional bronchoscopy. This is one of the first few successful applications of Veran ENB in Asia.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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