Sensitivity and Specificity of Transbronchial Lung Biopsy (TBLB).
- Author:
Sung Kyu KIM
1
;
June Myeong KIM
;
Seung Min KIM
;
Won Young LEE
;
Kiho KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Transbronchial lung biopsy; lung cancer; fiberopticbronchoscopy
- MeSH: Adult; Aged; Biopsy/methods; Bronchoscopy; Female; Fiber Optics; Human; Lung/pathology*; Lung Neoplasms/pathology*; Male; Middle Age
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal 1982;23(1):71-74
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Twenty-five patients underwent flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination under fluoroscopic guidance. All patients had an endoscopically invisible pulmonary lesion suggestive of malignancy. A diagnostic specimen was obtained in 23 of the 25 patients (92%). A pathological finding of lung cancer was obtained in 14 patient (56%) through the transbronchial lung biopsy (12 cases) and by washing cytology (2 cases). Remaining 11 patients who were undiagnosed for pulmonary malignancy were followed by clinically had roentgenographically over 6 months. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the TBLB procedures including brushing cytology and noted an 82.4% in sensitivity and 100% in specificity.
