BRONCHIAL LAVAGE CYTOLOGY***

No Patient preparation is needed

These tests help diagnose different disorders of the lungs including: Bacterial infections such as tuberculosis and bacterial pneumonia, Fungal infections, Lung cancer. An analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is a great help in establishing bacteriological pneumonia, the state of bronchi epithelium and the presence of inflammatory cellular elements, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and macrophages.