La Citodiagnostica Nella Clinica Del Carcinoma Bronchiale Osservazioni Sperimentali

Abstract

The results of cytodiagnostical researches on 100 patients, 95 of which affected by lung cancer, are referred. In 64 cases the cytological examination allowed a correct positive diagnosis, in 5 a correct negative one, in 31 a false negativity was observed. The cytodiagnosis was correct in the 72 per cent of the central tumors, in the 68 per cent of the intermediate localizations and only in the 17 per cent of the peripheric ones. Positive diagnoses were more frequent in the washing fluids from bronchi than in sputum. In 44 out of the 95 cancer patients the cytological examination was the only microscopical positive finnding: such an observation underlines the importance of the cytological research in the diagnosis of lung cancer.