The histological preparation of bronchial brushings–a reliable and satisfactory method |
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| Authors: | L. J. BLUM L. COLE G. TOWLER |
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| Affiliation: | National Research Institute for Occupational Diseases of the SA Medical Research Council, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa |
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A method for improving the diagnostic yield of fibreoptic bronchoscopic bronchial brushings and tiny biopsies has been developed. This technique has proved reliable giving a high positive yield of malignant cells and tissue in the 232 specimens examined. |
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| Keywords: | bronchial brushings histological techniques |
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