[Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage].
A case of bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of the lung is reported. A 63-year-old man identified during a chest mass-survey program, came to our hospital for a precise examination. He had no subjective complaints though his plain chest X-ray film showed a diffuse alveolar pattern in the bilateral hilar regions mimicking a butterfly shadow. Further, cytological examinations of both the sputa and specimens from brushings obtained on bronchoscopy failed to demonstrate malignant cells, and only a cytological examination of the fluid obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) revealed the presence of a malignancy. Thus, BAL would seem to be a simple and reasonable method for the detection of suspected malignant cells in bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.
Itoh
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H
Dept. of Internal Med. & Radiology, Yawatahama City Hospital.
Yagi
K
K
Dazai
Y
Y
Sueda
S
S
Bandoh
F
F
Katoh
T
T
Koyama
T
T
Yoshida
R
R
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic