Endoscope

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An endoscope is a device with a light attached, used to look inside a body cavity or organ. The scope is inserted through a natural opening, such as the mouth during a bronchoscopy, the rectum for a sigmoidoscopy, or the vagina for a cystoscopy. A medical procedure using any type of endoscope is called endoscopy.

Related topics:

• bronchoscopy
• cystoscopy
• colonoscopy
• cystourethroscopy
• ERCP
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• gastroscopy
• laryngoscopy
• proctosigmoidoscopy
• sigmoidoscopy

Review Date: 07/29/2005
Reviewed By: Paul B. Tabereaux, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.