Combined portable cone beam computed tomography and robotic-assisted bronchoscopy impacting diagnosis of a solitary pulmonary nodule: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men and women throughout the world. Historically, bronchoscopy played a limited role in pulmonary nodule management due to a limited diagnostic accuracy. With the emergence of robotic bronchoscopy, proceduralists can now navigate to more peripheral lesions completely extrinsic to the airways with increased diagnostic yield. Despite the increased diagnostic yield from robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, challenges in exact localization of the lesion during a procedure can occur. This case highlights a novel use of robotic bronchoscopy combined with mobile three-dimensional (3D) imaging to optimize lesion location for biopsy previously not reported in the literature.

Case description

We describe a case where

SUBMITTER: Duke JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343982 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature