Bronchology Past, Present and Future Diagnostic Procedures
13
2
9
10
50
83
CAV
ABR
TBC
CID
CBR
5
7
8
30
37
ADC
LC
CINST
ANP
EDP
50
2
4
4
ANTH
PECS
CIPL
N.S.L.
Inflammatory Lung Disease
1. Chronic Bronichitis, Goblet cell
hyperplasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (83 %)
2. Chronic Inflammatory Disease
of the lung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (50 %)
3. Pulmonary Tuberculosis . . . . . . . (10 %)
4. Acute Bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9 %)
5. Chronic Bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . (2 %)
154 (51 %)
Neoplastic Disease
1. Epidermoid Carcinoma . . . . . . . (37 %)
2. Anaplastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30 %)
3. Carcinoma in situ . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8 %)
4. Large cell Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . (7 %)
5. Adeno Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . . . (5 %)
87 (29 %)
Miscellaneous and no specific
Lung Lesion
1. Anthracosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4 %)
2. Pulmonary Eosinophilia . . . . . . . . (4 %)
3. Chronic Inflammatory Polyp. . . . . (2 %)
4. No specific Lung Lesion . . . . . . (50 %)
60 (20 %)
The Histopathology of
Transbronchial Biopsies
The Bronchial Aspirate
Reports (300 cases)
Inflammatory Lung Disease
Neoplastic Disease
Miscellaneous and no
specific Lesion
62
144
20%
29%
51%
31%
48%
21%
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