Utility of virtual bronchoscopy-guided transbronchial biopsy for the diagnosis of pulmonary sarcoidosis: Report of two cases

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-636

  Godoy, Myrna C B ^a   Ost, David ^b   Geiger, Bernhard ^c   Novak, Carol ^c   Nonaka, Daisuke ^a   Vlahos, Ioannis ^a   Naidich, David P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Peripheral lung cancer; Sarcoidosis; Transbronchial lung biopsy; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 51649083244     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0052     Document Type: Article

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