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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in patient with Hodgkin's and non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas
Author(s) -
Gribetz Allen R.,
Chuang Ming T.,
Teirstein Alvin S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19800915)46:6<1476::aid-cncr2820460630>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , pneumocystis carinii , bronchoscopy , non hodgkin's lymphoma , radiology , biopsy , pathology , lung , cryptococcosis , pneumonia , pneumocystis jirovecii
Sixty‐four fiberoptic bronchoscopic examinations were performed for 58 patients with Hodgkin's and non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas and radiographically evident pulmonary abnormalities. Diagnoses were obtained in 23 cases (36%). Examination of 12 lung biopsy specimens showed lymphoma and one, squamous cell carcinoma. Six patients had pneumocystis carinii; 2, aspergillosis; 1 cryptococcosis; and 1, herpes simplex infection. It is recommended that fiberoptic bronchoscopy be the first invasive procedure employed in the evaluation of pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities in patients with Hodgkin's and non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas.