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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Bronchoscopy may be useful to obtain biopsy and evaluate symptomatic bronchial hamartomas.<ref name="pmid12376601">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gaerte SC, Meyer CA, Winer-Muram HT, Tarver RD, Conces DJ |title=Fat-containing lesions of the chest |journal=Radiographics |volume=22 Spec No |issue= |pages=S61–78 |year=2002 |pmid=12376601 |doi=10.1148/radiographics.22.suppl_1.g02oc08s61 |url=}}</ref> | Bronchoscopy may be useful to obtain biopsy and evaluate symptomatic bronchial hamartomas.<ref name="pmid12376601">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gaerte SC, Meyer CA, Winer-Muram HT, Tarver RD, Conces DJ |title=Fat-containing lesions of the chest |journal=Radiographics |volume=22 Spec No |issue= |pages=S61–78 |year=2002 |pmid=12376601 |doi=10.1148/radiographics.22.suppl_1.g02oc08s61 |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Other diagnostic studies== | ==Other diagnostic studies== | ||
Although not preferred, | Although not preferred, bronchoscopy is an invasive endoscopic technique useful in the diagnosis of endobronchial hamartomas. Bronchoscopic findings normally show that endobronchial hamartomas are inflamed, which results in nonspecific conclusions.<ref name="pmid12376601">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gaerte SC, Meyer CA, Winer-Muram HT, Tarver RD, Conces DJ |title=Fat-containing lesions of the chest |journal=Radiographics |volume=22 Spec No |issue= |pages=S61–78 |year=2002 |pmid=12376601 |doi=10.1148/radiographics.22.suppl_1.g02oc08s61 |url=}}</ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Bronchoscopy may be useful to obtain biopsy and evaluate symptomatic bronchial hamartomas.[1]
Other diagnostic studies
Although not preferred, bronchoscopy is an invasive endoscopic technique useful in the diagnosis of endobronchial hamartomas. Bronchoscopic findings normally show that endobronchial hamartomas are inflamed, which results in nonspecific conclusions.[1].