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Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy

Image of a bronchoscopy

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Your doctor will put a thin flexible tube in your nose. He or she will move it gently down your throat to look at the larger airways (bronchi) to your lungs.

Credits

Primary Medical ReviewerCaroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerRobert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology
Last UpdatedJune 6, 2007

    Last Updated: June 6, 2007
Medical Review: Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine
Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology

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