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. 2021 Jun 25;77(4):370–377. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216885

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(A) Chest CT scan with a lung tumour in the left upper lobe (arrow) and (B) radial endobronchial ultrasound image with an eccentric tumour visualisation. (C) Preloading of the needle:after adjusting the luer lock (L) on the 18G Broncus needle, the confocal miniprobe is advanced through the luer lock, positioning the tip of the probe (P) 4 mm past the needle tip (N). (D) In-vivo needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy image at the tip of the needle showing real-time pleomorphic enlarged tumour cells (T) representing a sarcoma metastasis.