title: [Diagnostic value of bronchographic study for the detection of bronchial cancer, originating from bronchi of the 3d to 5th order].
abstract: Lung cancers originating from the bronchi of the fourth and fifth generation (the "intermediate" type according to the definition by Walter and Pryce) and a subdivision of "central" tumours originating from the bronchi of the third generation (segmental bronchi) form a clinical entity the common characteristics of which consists in the fact of being placed in the boundary-zone of endoscopic-macroscopic visibility. The definitive diagnostic confirmation of these tumours often requires the application of the bronchologic and radiographic equipment as a whole. Between 1/70 and 12/82 86 bronchographies were performed in 82 patients suffering from a histologically verified bronchogenic carcinoma of the location mentioned above. Eighty one bronchographies could be submitted to a retrospective analysis. Unequivocal signs of tumour were found in 52 cases (64%) and suspicious signs in 24 cases (30%). Five bronchograms failed to demonstrate tumour-suspicious alterations. The results indicate that up to now the bronchography has an unquestionable though strictly limited field of indication in the diagnostics of selected "topically related" lung cancers.
mesh_terms: D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy
vernacular_title: Der diagnostische Wert der bronchographischen Untersuchung für die Erkennung von Bronchialkarzinomen, ausgehend von den Bronchien 3. bis 5. Ordnung.