CT bronchus sign-guided bronchoscopic multiple diagnostic procedures in carcinomatous solitary pulmonary nodules and masses

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Bilaçeroǧlu, Semra ^a,f   Kumcuoǧlu, Ziya ^b   Alper, Hüdaver ^c   Osma, Emine ^d   Çaǧirici, Ufuk ^a   Günel, Özden ^c   Bayol, Ümit ^e   Çelikten, Emel ^a   Perim, Kunter ^a   Köse, Timur ^c  

^a Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Oncology Center   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Ege Social Insurance Hospital   (Turkey)

^f NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchial washing; Brushing; CT bronchus sign; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Solitary pulmonary nodule mass; Transbronchial lung biopsy; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TIME; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2642675219     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029237     Document Type: Article

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