Cryptogenic hemoptysis: role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
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1990-07-01
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) was performed for recurrent hemoptysis in 79 patients with normal chest roentgenograms. Seventy per cent were females with a mean age of 31.93 years. Normal findings were obtained in 60 patients. In 19 patients with abnormal findings on bronchoscopy underlying malignant disease was discovered in 3 patients following bronchoscopy. All these patients were elderly male smokers. In three patients unexplained left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy was discovered. Thus, FOB as a diagnostic aid for cryptogenic hemoptysis is useful only in elderly male smokers.
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Suri JC, Goel A, Singla R. Cryptogenic hemoptysis: role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences. 1990 Jul-Sep; 32(3): 149-52