Clinical Studies of Lung Cancer by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Kim, Ki Ho; Hwang, Young Sil

doi:1985.32.2.101

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 32(2); 1985 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1985;32(2):101-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1985.32.2.101 Published online June 1, 1985.

Clinical Studies of Lung Cancer by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Ki Ho Kim, Young Sil Hwang

Department of International Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea

굴곡성기관지경에 의한 폐암의 진단에 관한 임상적 고찰

김기호, 황영실

Abstract

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was perfomed in 179 in and outpatients with various pulmonary diseases from January 1982 through December 1984 at Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital. Out of 50 confirmed lung cancer patient, 25 cases(50 % ) were squamous cell carcinoma; 9 cases (18%) were undifferentiated cell: 7 cases (14%) were adenocarcinoma; 1 case(2%) was metastatic; and 8 cases (16%) were undetermined. Age distribution ranged from 51 years to 70 years, and the male to female ratio was 2.1 to 1. The most prevalent site was the right upper lobe(22%). The rate of histological diagnosis obtained by bronchoscopic biopsy was 66%, and by bronchoscopic brush cytology was 50%.