[Initial radiological images of primary bronchogenic cancer. A study of standard film in 250 consecutive cases].
The advent of fibroscopy, between 1865 and 1970, has made it possible to extend endoscopic exploration to high risk subjects, irrespective of their radiological image. We studied the initial radiological images observed on the standard film of 250 consecutive patients and compared these images with those observed and published by Emerson, Bariety and the Mayo Clinic 1970. The frequency of hilar mass (38%), peripheral tumours more than 4 cm in diameter (16%) and such pulmonary alterations as atelectasis or non-specific pneumonia (23.6%) has remained unchanged during the last decades. Similarly, the frequency of lung carcinomas discovered before they produced a radiological image is still low (2.8%).
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Service de Pneumologie, CHR de Besançon.
Gros
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Breton
J L
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Jacoulet
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Dubiez
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D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Les images radiologiques initiales du cancer bronchique primitif. Etude du cliché standard de 250 cas consécutifs.