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Kidney Transplantation/methods , Adult , Cadaver , Croatia , Female , Humans , Kidney Transplantation/mortality , Male , Middle Aged , Organ Preservation/methods , Perfusion/methods , Tissue Donors , Tissue SurvivalABSTRACT
The roentgenologic characteristics of bronchopulmonary carcinoma were studied in 578 patients in whom the disease had been diagnosed by bronchoscopy and confirmed by cytopathologic finding. Each of the pulmonary disease may imitate bronchopulmonary carcinoma and vice versa. Since there is no roentgenologic patognomonic sign for bronchopulmonary carcinoma the sorts and distribution of characteristic X-ray signs were examined. In our group of patients in 67% of cases the right side was involved. The leading point in X-ray was in 52.8% of cases the pathologically enlarged hilus unilaterally and bilaterally. In patients with periphery located bronchopulmonary carcinoma the most frequent X-ray sign was unclearly limited shadow in 41.3% of cases. In patients with centrally located bronchopulmonary carcinoma in 6.4% of cases the normal X-ray sign was found. However, in none of 177 patients with periphery bronchopulmonary carcinoma the normal X-ray was found.
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Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/diagnostic imaging , Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , RadiographyABSTRACT
The results of 578 bronchoscopy findings are presented in two periods of time differing in the method of performing the bronchologic procedure. The first period refers to the time from 1977-1979 when the rigid bronchoscope was applied while the second period was from 1980-1982 when the routine method of fiberbronchoscopy was introduced. During 1977-1979 78.6% of the bronchopulmonary carcinoma were verified, while during 1980-1982 the percentage was increased to 81.6%. The relation between verified central and periphery bronchopulmonary carcinoma performed by rigid bronchoscope was 3.5:1, while by fiberbronchoscopy this proportion significantly increased to 1.6:1. This result indicates the dominant role of fiberbronchoscopy in the detection of periphery bronchopulmonary carcinoma.
