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lung/mediastinal biopsy
see lung biopsy, mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Indications:
bronchoscopic lung biopsy
1) sarcoidosis
2) pulmonary Langerhans cell granuloma
3) eosinophilic pneumonitis
4) lymphangioleiomyomatosis
5) pulmonary infections
6) pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
7) lymphangitic carcinomatosis
8) *drug-induced lung disease
9) hypersensitivity pneumonitis
10) pulmonary nodule
mediastinal lymphadenopathy
Specific
lung biopsy
General
tissue biopsy
References
CPT