Bronchoscopy: Results
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Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look at your airway through a thin viewing instrument called a bronchoscope. Your doctor may discuss your results with you soon after the procedure. Test results on any biopsy samples are usually available in 2 to 4 days.
| Normal: | The large airway leading to the lungs and the breathing tubes in the lungs appear normal. There are no objects, thick secretions, or growths. |
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| Abnormal: | An object, thick secretions, or growths are blocking your airway. |
Tissue sample shows a lung infection or disease, such as tuberculosis or lung cancer. |
| Last updated: | June 06, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology |
| Editors: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC, Tracy Landauer |
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