Volume 2, Issue 1 (5-1988)                   Med J Islam Repub Iran 1988 | Back to browse issues page

XML Print

Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
SOHRABPOUR H, MASJEDI M. THE ROLE OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Med J Islam Repub Iran 1988; 2 (1) :25-27
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1279-en.html
THE ROLE OF FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
H SOHRABPOUR , M MASJEDI
From the Department of Medicine, Shahid Labbafi-Nejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Abstract:   (4527 Views)
From January 1982 to April 1987 , 1500 cases of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) were performed. Among these cases, 37 were suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis but their sputum examination was either negative or they were not able to expectorate. In all these cases pulmonary TB was confirmed either by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid examination or by biopsy. We conclude that FOB is a valuable means for detection of c1inically suspected but sputum negative pulmonary TB.
Full-Text [PDF 292 kb]   (1496 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: Internal Medicine
Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA
Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.