title: [Bronchoscopic classification in sarcoidosis].
abstract: Retrospective analysis in sixty-six patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis: thirty-two males and thirty-four females according to bronchoscopic finding was performed and classified five types in patients with sarcoidosis. Type 1: normal findings. Type 2: prominent vascular change of the mucosa, beyond the bronchial cartilage ring. Type 2 was further divided into two subtypes. 2a: simple increase vascularity. (mucosal vessels run parallel to cricoid cartilage. 2b: irregular vessels. Type 3: sarcoido nodular lesions. Type 4: plaque present. Type 5: deformity of bronchial walls. Eleven type 1 cases were observed (16.7%), and forty-two type 2 cases, including twenty-two type 2a cases (33.3%), twenty type 2b cases (30.3%), There were nineteen type 3 cases observed (28.8%), seven type 4 cases (10.6%), and seven type 5 cases (10.6%).
authors.affiliation: Fuji City Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogiwara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000145:classification*