title: [Results of catheter biopsy and catheter aspiration in various lung diseases (author's transl)].
abstract: Results of 415 catheter biopsies and catheter aspirations in patients with various lung diseases are reported. Among 263 patients with suspected carcinoma of the lung, in 79% neoplastic cells could be obtained histologically from catheter biopsy specimens. Among 52 patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis but without positive sputum, tubercle bacilli were found in 23% by aspiration biopsy. The bacteriological examination of bronchial secretion in various lung diseases showed a prevailing growth by diplococcus pneumoniae, and more sterile conditions in the peripheral bronchial airways of 56 patients. Catheter biopsy proves to be a valuable diagnostic method for the detection of peripheral bronchial carcinomas and the catheter aspiration for the bacteriological examination in specific and non-specific lung diseases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse katheterbioptischer Untersuchungen bei verschiedenen Lungenerkrankungen