title: [The status of computerized tomography and conventional tomography in the assessment of endobronchial growth and extension of central bronchial cancer].
abstract: In comparison with endoscopy, computed tomography can produce excellent results with respect to the endobronchial spread of central bronchial carcinomas. Used for the same purpose, conventional tomography of the central bronchial system is greatly inferior. With respect to an evaluation of the endobronchial tumour growth configuration, computed tomography of the chest showed agreement with the endoscopic findings in only 56 per cent of all cases. This would seem to indicate that for the planning of palliative bronchological measures, such as, for example, laser therapy and afterloading treatment, prior endoscopic inspection is indispensable. By themselves, the results obtained with the imaging procedures described in this article are not adequate.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskliniken Mainz, III. Medizinische Klinik-Schwerpunkt Pneumologie und Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steppling
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klose
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Der Stellenwert von Computertomographie und konventioneller Tomographie in der Beurteilung der endobronchialen Wuchsform und der Ausdehnung bei zentralem Bronchuskarzinom.