PMID: 2481134Jan 1, 1989Paper

[Differential diagnostic cytochemical signs of dysplasia of the bronchial epithelium and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung].

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E E TikhomirovaI P Shabalova

Abstract

The cytograms of smears, obtained in bronchoscopic examinations of 59 patients with bronchial epithelium dysplasia and 44 patients with initial forms of squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung are analyzed. A histologic control has been made in all the cases. The authors classify the cytomorphologic criteria, they have statistically processed 140 signs, minimizing their number and selecting their combinations for the differential diagnosis between dysplasia and carcinoma of the lung. Cytologically dysplasia in squamous-cell metaplasia of the bronchial epithelium and dysplasia of the cylindrical epithelium have been distinguished. Three degrees of dysplasia have been singled out: (I) weak, (II) moderate, (III) grave.

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