What is this?
Wednesday, 14th December 2005
A friend from the “INER” National Institute for respiratory diseases, show me this image. It was taken after a extraction from bronchoscopy in a man with atelectasis of the lung.
Regards,
Gerardo Morales, M.D.
beajerry
Wednesday, 14th December 2005 at 12:57 pm
That, my friend, is a holy remnant of being touched by the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
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JonMikel, M.D.
Wednesday, 14th December 2005 at 2:54 pm
It is a piece of the bronchial tree (bronchioles i suspect).
Regards,
Jon Mikel, M.D.
Suz
Wednesday, 14th December 2005 at 7:49 pm
Embolised bronchioles??
Gerardo, M.D.
Wednesday, 14th December 2005 at 8:15 pm
The patient has pulmonary cancer and bleed into the airway forming this clot with the shape of the bronchi causing a obstructive atelectasis.
Thank you for your comments.
Gerardo Morales, M.D.