[Chronic pneumonia in a cohort of a thoracic surgery department]

Report on 78 cases of chronic pneumonia which underwent surgical treatment between 1959 and 1985. In 52 cases previous to operation a tumor was diagnosed or suspected (in 20 cases cytologically or histologically, and in 32 cases clinically, by x-ray or by endoscopy). The frequency and correlation of x-ray and endoscopic findings, problems of preoperative diagnostics, surgical methods and postoperative course are described.