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Systematic Endobronchial Ultrasound - The Six Landmarks Approach
Published on: August 11, 2023
[Cavernous bronchus carcinoma]
Abstract:
In thoracic surgery patients the etiology of cavities has drastically changed in the last 20 years. While at present only very few patients need surgery for cavernous tuberculosis, cavities of cancerous origin are becoming more and more frequent. During the period from 1977 to 1985 24 out of 225 bronchogenic carcinomas treated by resection were found to be cavernous (10.7%). Radiologically the degree of cavitation extended from a small marginal or central air collection to the formation of large, irregular, and thick-walled caverns. The excavation is the result of necrobiotic changes within the tumor. It arises when the tumor masses penetrate into the bronchial tree and are expectorated. However, prognosis of cavitated cancer remains exclusively dependent on the stage of the tumor. The cavitation itself seems not to influence it.
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