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BRONCHOSCOPIC PATHOLOGY


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Polypoid non-small-cell carcinoma originating from 
the right upper lobe and occluding the right main bronchus
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Invasive squamous cell carcinoma originating from 
the posterior wall of the right main bronchus
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Circumferential tumour (adenocarcinoma) occluding the right lower lobe bronchus
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Segmental tumour (adenocarcinoma) occluding the anterior segment (RB3) of the right upper lobe
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Concentric segmental tumour 
(adenocarcinoma) involving the lateral segment of the left lower lobe (LB9)
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Polypoid non-small cell carcinoma originating from 
the apical segment of the right upper lobe (RB1)
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Small cell carcinoma occluding the right upper lobe
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Diffuse infiltrative carcinoma involving the left main bronchus
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Extrinsic compression of the right upper lobe from extrabronchial tumour
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Extrinsic tumour bulging and partly occluding 
the apical segment of the right upper lobe (RB6)
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Complete occlusion of the apical segment of the 
left lower lobe (LB6) from an extrinsic tumour
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Kaposi’s sarcoma involving secondary carina of the left lower lobe (LC2)
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Polypoid necrotic tumour originating from the posterior segment of the right upper lobe (RB2) and extrinsic compression of the anterior segment of the right upper lobe (RB3). 
Left: video bronchoscopy image; right: narrow-band imaging. 
Increased vascularity is evident in the extrinsic lesion and 
lack of blood vessels in the necrotic tumour
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Small cell carcinoma involving the right upper lobe with 
increased tortuosity of blood vessels and blind-ending punctate vessels
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Squamous cell carcinoma involving the apical segment of the left lower lobe following treatment with radiotherapy. Note the increased inflammatory changes and increased capillary loops
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Metastatic colorectal carcinoma involving the right basal bronchus
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Metastatic colonic carcinoma occluding the left main bronchus
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Infiltrating oesophageal adenocarcinoma involving the right main bronchus
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Metastatic endometrial carcinoma involving the left lower lobe
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Renal cell carcinoma involving the left main bronchus
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Hurthle cell carcinoma involving the segmental bronchus in the right middle lobe
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Leiomyosarcoma involving the lateral segment of the left lower lobe (LB9)
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Squamous cell carcinoma from a metastatic head and neck carcinoma involving 
the left main bronchus.

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