title: Diagnosis of tracheal carcinoma at chest radiography.
abstract: All of the 95 primary tracheal carcinomas registered in Finland during 1967 to 1985 were reviewed. Chest radiographs of 44 patients were available. A tracheal tumor was detected in 8 cases (18%) in the primary examination and according to the review all the detected tumors were larger than 15 mm. However, when the same radiographs were reexamined by a senior radiologist, the tumor was identified in the correct site in 66%. This percentage parallels the results of high kV tracheal radiography (69%) performed on 32 patients. Tumors involving anterior or posterior wall and tumors near the bifurcation were the most difficult to detect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Manninen
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Paakkala
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pukander
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Karma
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*