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Chawla RK, Madan A, Chawla A. Endobronchial Ultrasound Radial Probe Guided Cryo-biopsy: New Technique for Diagnosis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2016; 58 (4):269-272.
Fibreoptic bronchoscopic biopsy specimens traditionally suffer the disadvantage of recovering small biopsy specimens. The determination of histopathological cell type and stage of primary lung carcinoma is of paramount importance, especially if these are diagnosed at stage I and II, so that these can be surgically removed and the patient be cured. Now-a-days, the use of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided biopsy is getting well established. The radial probe EBUS allows for evaluation of central airways, accurate definition of airway invasion, and facilitates the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions. It has been observed that the tissue samples collected with the cryo-probes are of high quality and are larger than conventional biopsy samples. We have combined these three procedures (EBUS bronchoscopy, use of radial probe for localisation and cryo-probe for biopsy specimen) successfully and achieved a confirmed diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer by removing a very large tissue specimen without any complications.
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