Endoscopic Technologies for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions: From Diagnosis to Therapy.

ABSTRACT: Peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) are frequent incidental findings in subjects when performing chest radiographs or chest computed tomography (CT) scans. When a PPL is identified, it is necessary to proceed with a risk stratification based on the patient profile and the characteristics found on chest CT. In order to proceed with a diagnostic procedure, the first-line examination is often a bronchoscopy with tissue sampling. Many guidance technologies have recently been developed to facilitate PPLs sampling. Through bronchoscopy, it is currently possible to ascertain the PPL's benign or malignant nature, delaying the therapy's second phase with radical, supportive, or palliative intent. In this review, we describe all the new tools available: from the innovation of bronchoscopic instrumen

SUBMITTER: Fantin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9959751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature