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Cytological diagnosis of bronchial malignancies using the fibreoptic bronchoscope
P Kumarasinghe1, C I Jayasundera
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo.
The Ceylon Medical Journal
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Bronchial brush and wash material were obtained by fibreoptic bronchoscopy in 200 patients suspected of having bronchial carcinoma. Malignancy was diagnosed in 42, giving a diagnostic yield of 21%. Bronchial brush material showed the highest yield. Morphological cell typing was done on cytological material. Technical considerations, diagnostic criteria, diagnostic yield and accuracy are discussed.