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Bronchoalveolar Lavage In the Diagnosis of Bronchiolo‐Alveolar Carcinoma. A Case Report
Author(s) -
MILMAN N.,
JACOBSEN G. K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1992.tb00023.x
Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , bronchiole , pathology , lung , pulmonary alveolar proteinosis , malignancy , interstitial lung disease , carcinoma , biopsy
Bronchiole‐alveolar carcinoma is usually localized to the terminal bronchioles and alveoli, and may present on chest X‐ray as interstitial pulmonary disease with diffuse reticulonodular infiltrates. the cytological diagnosis is often difficult to obtain. This case demonstrates that bronchoalveolar lavage can be useful in the diagnostic evaluation of this type of malignancy, in conjunction with transbronchial lung biopsy.