title: [Evaluation of the manifestations of bronchial lesions on ligular segments in clinical and pathological aspects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the characteristic findings of lesions on lingular bronchus.
  
  
  METHODS
  All cases examined by fiberoptic bronchoscopy and (or) bronchial biopsy, during the period of 1979-1994, 4,300 in total, were evaluated retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Abnormal lesions were found in 173 cases (4%), among them, bronchogenic carcinoma was pathologically documented in 106 cases (61.3%). The incidence of cancer in lingular segment was much higher than that in right middle lobe, in which 34 (28.3%) of 120 cases were proved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Paying special attention to look for the definite diagnosis on the bronchial lesions was suggested since it is important for early diagnosing malignant illness, and the value of bronchoscopy was also highlighted by the authors.
authors.affiliation: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies