Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1258: Correlation of Bronchoscopy and CT in Characterizing Malignant Central Airway Obstruction

Conclusions: CT demonstrates reasonable agreement with bronchoscopy in detecting obstruction. Nevertheless, when CT indicates a positive finding for MCAO, it is advisable to conduct bronchoscopy. This is because CT lacks reliability in determining the severity of obstruction and identifying the mucosal component of mixed disease.

Source: Cancers - March 23, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sukumar Kalvapudi Hafiz M. Zubair Rajesh Kunadharaju Sajeer Bhura Hiwot Mengiste Musa Saeed Arjun Saradna Harshwant Grover Gal Shafirstein Sai Yendamuri Nathaniel M. Ivanick Tags: Article Source Type: research