title: Prevalence of endobronchial metastases in lung cancer in Scotland.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Endobronchial metastases are reported in patients suffering from lung cancer. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of this lesion in patients in Scotland.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lung cancer patients autopsied personally at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, were examined regarding the primary lesion and its secondaries with special reference to the submucosa of the bronchus.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100 patients had full records of their illness and the autopsy findings.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients had lobectomy and were excluded from the series. Of the remaining 96 patients, 53 showed no endobronchial metastases, 26 exhibited bronchial sheathing, 10 manifested submucosal metastases, and the remaining 7 had both sheathing and submucosal metastases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrated that Scottish patients dying with lung cancer displayed endobronchial metastases at autopsy. This lesion and its benign counterparts are increasingly undergoing therapeutic management.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Wilson Onuigbo, Department of Pathology,, Medican Foundation and Clinic,, Enugu 400001, Nigeria, T: +2348037208680, wilson.onuigbo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Onuigbo
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology