What is the procedure for doing a lung biopsy?

Answer by  emhaskey (685)

Your doctor may ask that you don't eat or drink for 6 hours before the biopsy. A lighted instrument is inserted down the nose or mouth and into the lung to clip off a piece of lung tissue.

Answer by  starmlw (960)

A lung biopsy is performed during a bronchoscopy in which a small camera on a long thin tube is passed through the mouth into the lung. The patient is given sedation during the procedure. A tiny piece of lung can be clipped for biopsy with the end of the tube.

Answer by  ranica (184)

lung biopsy is extracting or incising a very small part of your lung then test if there is any malignancy or benign which may indicate a cancerous or noncancerous disease.

Answer by  dryuha (735)

A small piece of lung tissue is taken for examination uner the microscope. There are many technique. For a needle lung biopsy you will be given sedation to help you relax. If the tissue is deep in the chest,bronchocopy might be performed. However, open biopsy will be done under general anaesthesia.

Answer by  juliannna (639)

One procedure is the needle biopsy. You are sedated, but awake during it.An X-ray is used to find out where the testing area on your body is located. Then the needle is inserted into those areas, and all you will feel is a small stinging.After the needle prodedure is over, you will have a chest X-ray.

Answer by  benjiross (993)

You can do a needle biopsy through the skin under CT scan guidance. An open biopsy is done as a surgery under anesthesia. An endoscopic biopsy is also possible.