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Pleural cryobiopsy during local anaesthetic thoracoscopy in dry pleural dissemination
Ayn Marie Lao1,2, Yuji Matsumoto1,3, Midori Tanaka1
1Department of Endoscopy, Respiratory Endoscopy Division National Cancer Center Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Abstract:
A minimally invasive thoracic intervention, such as local anaesthetic thoracoscopy, can be used to collect the samples in malignant pleural lesions. But cancerous pleurisy without pleural effusion, called dry pleural dissemination, is considered difficult to perform thoracoscopy from concerns about pleural injury. We present a diagnosed case of dry pleural dissemination safely sampled using cryobiopsy using flex-rigid thoracoscope under local anaesthesia.
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