Bronchoalveolar lavage can help diagnose infection, cancer, bleeding, and other conditions. Biopsy of lung or lymph node. During bronchoscopy, a doctor may collect a small piece of tissue from ...

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), performed during fiberoptic bronchoscopy, is a useful adjunct to lung biopsy in the diagnosis of nonneoplastic lung diseases in a limited number of settings.

PurposeThe objective of this study was to describe the diagnostic yield and complication rate of bronchoalveolar lavage ... The proportion of procedures leading to any diagnosis was similar by ...

Providers may need to conduct a bronchoalveolar lavage procedure or lung biopsy to help diagnose a vaping-related illness. Report potential lung injury cases to local or state health departments ...

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Bronchoalveolar lavage in immunocompromised patients with haematological malignancy—value of new microbiological methods. Eur J Haematol 2005; 74 : 203–211. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar ...