An adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the lung is a malignant tumor that arises in ducts of bronchial submucosal mucous glands. ACC of the lower respiratory tract constitutes ≤0.2% of all primary pulmonary tumors. A diagnosis of ACC on cytology is uncommon even on exfoliative cytology, as well as fine needle aspiration cytology. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of bronchial ...

BACKGROUND Conventional bronchoscopy with brushing alone for diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) is of low sensitivity. A manual mapping method was introduced and evaluated in this study, which could be routinely applied with bronchoscopic brushing to improve the sensitivity for malignant PPLs. METHODS This mapping method involves the bronchoscopist drawing the route with a series ...

Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is often the initial technique for diagnosis of lung and bronchial tumors. Many studies have shown the high accuracy rate of bronchial washing and brushing cytology in the evaluation of neoplastic and non-neoplastic bronchopulmonary lesions. The aim of this study is to emphasize the value of the bronchial cytologic findings for diagnosis of non-neoplastic bronch...

BACKGROUND Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a bronchoscopic sampling technique used for the diagnostic workup of mediastinal lymph nodes, but the value of its routine use in evaluating peripheral pulmonary lesions is not yet firmly established. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of routine diagnostic bronchoscopies. SETTING University teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundr...

The accuracy of diagnosis of lung cancer obtained by fiberoptic bronchoscopy utilizing sputum cytology and bronchial biopsy depends on the size, location, and number of biopsy samples taken from the tumor. We have found that the accuracy of diagnosis also depends upon the histologic type of cancer. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (brushings, washing, and biopsies) was performed and sputum cytology and ...

Although studies have shown the usefulness of individual methods such as bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in diagnosing pneumonia,'2 the bronchoscope itself provides access to lower respiratory secretions and tissue in a number of ways. Bronchoscopy allows us to sample the lower respiratory tract by (1) bronchial washings, which are a pooling of the secretions retrieved during bronchoscopy; (2) BAL...

The aetiological diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients requires a valid, cheap and safe method. This method should be suitable for all mechanically-ventilated patients and all ICUs. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic yields of three methods: "blind" bronchial brushing (Accu-Cath)(protective specimen brush-nonbronchofibroscopic (PSB-non BF)); bro...