title: [Carcinoma of the lung. Review of a caseload of 12 years at a service of internal medicine].
abstract: The authors present a retrospective study of medical records of patients with lung cancer, admitted at the Service 1 of Internal Medicine of Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital during a 12 year period (1978-1989). Of the 112 selected patients, 50% had histologic diagnosis, the remaining had strong clinical radiographic, endoscopic and/or autopsic evidence of pulmonary malignancy or malignant cytology in sputum, bronchial secretions or pleural fluid. The clinical symptoms and means of diagnosis are presented and the advanced stage of the disease, at admission, the problems concerning the histologic diagnosis and the high mortality rate (55.4%) are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Serviço 1 Medicina, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Colaço
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Veloso
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Carcinoma do pulmão. Revisão da casuística de 12 anos num serviço de medicina interna.