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Peripheral Pulmonary Diseases: Evaluation with Endobronchial US— Initial Experience¹

¹ From the Department of Respirology (B2), Graduate School of Medicine, (S.O., Y.T., N.T., K.T., H.K., T.K.), Department of Basic Pathology (B3), Graduate School of Medicine, (K.H.), and Health Sciences Center (K.N.), Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. Received August 24, 2001; revision requested October 11; revision received November 21; accepted January 7, 2002. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Address correspondence to Y.T. (e-mail: yuichi@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp).

Endobronchial ultrasonography (US) with 4.5-F small-caliber US probes, combined with bronchoalveolar lavage technique, was evaluated in autopsied lungs and 22 patients with various pulmonary interstitial or alveolar diseases. Several different echoic patterns were found that may reflect changes due to pathologic alteration of lung parenchyma. This technique may have potential for evaluation and diagnosis of peripheral lung diseases.

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Index terms: Lung, diseases, 60.203, 60.22, 60.323, 60.791, 60.792 • Lung, interstitial disease, 60.213 • Lung, US, 60.12981 • Ultrasound (US), endoscopic, 60.12981

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