What is an 'endobronchial mass'?

What is an 'endobronchial mass'?

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Lung cancer can arise in the lung itself or it may be a cancer in the airway, called the bronchus. Endobronchial mass is when a lung cancer arises in the airway itself. This can cause bleeding and present itself as streaking, or blood, in your sputum. It can be seen by a variety of diagnostic procedures like bronchosopy, that the physicians can do.