title: [Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Internal Med. & Radiology, Yawatahama City Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dazai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sueda
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bandoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: 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