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The diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy
1Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Klinik Schillerhöhe, Germany.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The endoscopic examination of the tracheobronchial tree is most helpful in the diagnosis and staging of bronchial carcinoma. Tumors that are endoscopically visible may be confirmed in more than 95% of the cases. In localized peripheral tumors, the diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy is significantly lower; for peripheral metastases, only about 10%. In diffuse interstitial pulmonary diseases other than malignancies, some infections, and histiocytosis X, bronchoscopy including transbronchial biopsy is less successful.