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Lipoid pneumonia interventions

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]

Overview

Overview

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is both diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in lipoid pneumonia, specially in children.

Indications

Indications

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References

References

  1. Soyer, Tutku (2016). “The role bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of airway disease in children”. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 8 (11): 3420–3426. doi:10.21037/jtd.2016.11.87. ISSN 2072-1439.

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