Tumor microscopically-absent on resection specimen after Bronchoscopic Cryobiopsy: TuMORS-ABC.

Peter P Olivieri, Darwin Ashbaker, Monika Nageshwar, Ashley D Gable, Lola A Hoover, Gavin Henry

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Peter P OlivieriDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, 305 Hospital Drive, Suite 304, Glen Burnie, MD, 21061, USA.

Darwin AshbakerDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, 305 Hospital Drive, Suite 304, Glen Burnie, MD, 21061, USA.

Monika NageshwarDepartment of Pathology, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, 301 Hospital Drive, Lower Level, Glen Burnie, MD, 21061, USA.

Ashley D GableDepartment of Pathology, Saint Agnes Hospital, 900 S. Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD, 21229, USA.

Lola A HooverDepartment of Pathology, University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, 301 Hospital Drive, Lower Level, Glen Burnie, MD, 21061, USA.

Gavin HenryDepartment of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.

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Abstract

The advent of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (SSRAB) and its combination with integrated mobile cone beam CT (mCBCT) have made it possible for chest clinicians to biopsy smaller lung nodules than was previously possible. The 1.1 mm cryoprobe (Erbe, Tuebingen, Germany) can be deployed through the SSRAB catheter and produces larger biopsies than conventional forceps. We present three cases where tumors <10 mm in diameter were biopsied with the 1.1 mm cryoprobe via SSRAB, such that no residual tumor could be found at the biopsy site in the subsequent surgical resection specimens. We discuss the potential relevance of this newly-described phenomenon and propose the name Tumor Microscopically-absent On Resection Specimen After Bronchoscopic Cryobiopsy: TuMORS-ABC.

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BronchoscopyCryobiopsyLung biopsyRobotic-assisted bronchoscopy

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PMID41357158

DOI10.1016/j.rmcr.2025.102331

PMCPMC12677059

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