bronchoscopy slides and rinses


  • start with slides for pathologist to see
  • if negative: 3 rinses, up to 5, and move to next node
  • if NSCLC: 3 rinses, up to 5. Then consider NGS, extra 3-5 cores
  • if lymphoma: 3 rinses into flow 1

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Footnotes

  1. bronch guide 2025

  2. bronch guide 2022