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What is the difference between a bronchoscope and an endoscope?
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Size: A bronchoscope is much smaller in diameter than an endoscope.
Answered 6/10/2012
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Similar: Endoscopy is, in general, the process of seeing inside the body with an instrument. Bronchoscopy is actually a type of endoscopy that looks inside the airways.
Answered 9/29/2016
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