Bhubaneswar: The Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital-2, Phulnakhara, has successfully performed radial endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided cryobiopsy for a peripheral lung lesion.

The hospital claimed that this was the first time in the state that the procedure, effective for the diagnosis of lung diseases, was used. ADVERTISEMENT

According to the release, the patient, a 75-year-old woman, had been suffering from breathlessness, cough and occasional hemoptysis for two months. “A CT scan of the chest revealed a peripheral consolidation in the left lung. Conventional biopsy techniques often faced limitations in such cases, but with the innovative use of radial EBUS combined with cryobiopsy, the medical team obtained high-quality tissue sam

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