Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a safe investigatory procedure that involves lavaging a selected subsegment of the lungs with sterile physiological saline via a fiberoptic bronchoscope to sample lung lining fluid containing free cells and other intrinsic or extrinsic inhaled components from the peripheral airways.
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Haslam, P. L. (2012). Bronchoalveolar lavage. In Sarcoidosis (pp. 121–135). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.5005/jp/books/13029_31
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