| Abstract: | Bronchofibroscopy was performed in 4736 patients in the Moscow Endoscopic Center (S. P. Botkin Hospital) over the period of September 1984-December 1987. Central lung cancer was diagnosed in 139, of them peribronchial tumor growth was determined in 15. Deforming bronchitis was diagnosed in 283 patients, 23 of them were admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of central lung cancer. Differential diagnosis of peribronchial central lung cancer and deforming bronchitis is based on findings of a combined study including roentgenography, tomography, bronchofibroscopy with biopsy for subsequent cytological and histological investigation. |
