From: Bronchoscopy in the post-acute phase of COVID-19: an observational study
Patients number | Indication for the first bronchoscopy | Final diagnosis/endoscopic outcome after all the bronchoscopies |
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5 | Suspected tracheal stenosis | 5 tracheal stenosis (1 treated with laser with relapse) |
2 | Therapeutic management of tracheal stenosis | 2 (1 treated with laser; 1 with APC) |
8 | Follow-up of a known tracheal stenosis/tracheostomy complication | 4 granulomas (2 removed with APC), 4 stenosis |
2 | Assistance during decannulation | 2 patients decannulated |
1 | Haemoptysis | 1 sarcoidosis |
14 | Parenchymal infiltrates at chest imaging persistent after the resolution of acute disease | 3 Lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) 4 LRTI 4 ILD (2 NSIP, 2 organizing pneumonia) 3 Residual non-specific post-COVID19 fibrosis |
8 | Clinical-radiological suspicion of late infections | 6 LRTI 1 ILD (organizing pneumonia) 1 Tracheal stenosis and LRTI |
3 | Atelectasis | 1 Lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) 2 Obstructive atelectasis (mucus plug removal) |
2 | Presence of lymphadenopathies at CT scan | 2 sarcoidosis |