title: The diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy.
abstract: The endoscopic examination of the tracheobronchial tree is most helpful in the diagnosis and staging of bronchial carcinoma. Tumors that are endoscopically visible may be confirmed in more than 95% of the cases. In localized peripheral tumors, the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy is significantly lower; for peripheral metastases, only about 10%. In diffuse interstitial pulmonary diseases other than malignancies, some infections, and histiocytosis X, bronchoscopy including transbronchial biopsy is less successful.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Klinik Schillerhöhe, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dierkesmann
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*