Resumen

MACHIN GONZALEZ, Victoriano; VIEITO ESPINEIRA, Rodolfo; FREYRE SERENTILL, Juan C  y  BENITO SOLER, Isabel. Fibrobroncoscopia en el cáncer de pulmón. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 1997, vol.36, n.3, pp.178-182. ISSN 0034-7493.

160 patients with a clinical-radiological picture suggesting lung neoplasia was conducted. Fibrobronchoscopy was perfomed as a reliable method to detect this disease. Punch biopsy, exfoliative cytology, and bronchial lavage were used to obtain specimens for the histologycal study. Of all the patients studied, 112 cases were positive and a proper diagnosis by biopsy was attained in 90 of them

Palabras clave : LUNG NEOPLASMS [diagnosis]; BRONCHOSCOPY.