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- Endoscopy and Biopsy
- • Fiber-optic bronchoscopy with brushings or biopsy.
- • Mediastinoscopy with biopsies. In this procedure, a small incision is made at the base of the neck and a long
- thin tube called a mediastinoscope is inserted down to the lymph nodes in the middle of the chest. Tissue can
- be removed through this instrument for analysis.
- • Needle biopsy through the chest wall, under local anesthetic and often under CT guidance.
- • Biopsies of the chest wall lining, lymph nodes, bone and liver.