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Open Lung Biopsy
Alternate Names : Biopsy - Open Lung
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How is the Test Performed?
The open lung biopsy is done in a hospital operating room under general anesthesia (while you are unconscious and pain-free). Throughout the procedure, you are given a mixture of anesthetic gas and oxygen through a tube that is inserted through the mouth and into the airway that leads to the lungs.
The skin is cleansed and an incision is made over the area to be sampled. A small piece of the lung tissue is removed. The incision is then stitched closed.
A chest tube may be left in place for 1 to 2 days to prevent the lung from collapsing.
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• Definition
• Why is the Test Performed?
• How is the Test Performed?
• How to Prepare for the Test?
• How will the Test Feel?
• Normal Values
• What do Abnormal Results Mean?
• Risks
• Pictures & Images
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• Allergies
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cancer
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• Coccidioidomycosis - Disseminated
• Disseminated Tuberculosis
• Histoplasmosis - Chronic Pulmonary
• Lung Cancer - Small Cell
• Lung Disease
• Mesothelioma (Benign-Fibrous)
• Mesothelioma (Malignant)
• Pulmonary Aspergillosis - Invasive Type
• Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Rheumatoid Lung Disease
• Sarcoidosis
• Simple Pulmonary Eosinophilia (Loeffler's Syndrome)
• Viral Pneumonia
• Wegener's Granulomatosis
Tests & Exams
• Biopsy
• CT Scan
• Lung Needle Biopsy
• X-Ray
Other Topics
• Adolescent Test or Procedure Preparation
• Benign
• Drowsiness
• Infant Test/Procedure Preparation
• Preschooler Test/Procedure Preparation
• School Age Test/Procedure Preparation
• Toddler Test/Procedure Preparation
Review Date : 2/10/2003
Reviewed By : James P. Dolan, M.D., Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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