[Clinical aspect and actual frequency of bilateral squamous cell bronchial carcinoma with simultaneous revelation (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1979 Nov;55(37-38):1673-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Clinical and physiopathological data about 10 cases of bilateral squamous cell bronchial carcinoma with simultaneous revelation, are reviewed. This clinical form is not rare, usually found by a systematic bilateral endoscopy. In these 10 cases, the clinical and radiological data did not allow to predict the diagnosis before the endoscopy. Physio-pathological mechanisms are not well established. Various hypotheses are propounded : air-way, blood or lymphatic metastases, simultaneous tumoral blossoming, superficial propagation, genetic factors intervention. For these 10 cases, the authors develop arguments for one or another of these mechanisms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Bronchial Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / epidemiology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / physiopathology
  • France
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / epidemiology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / physiopathology
  • Radiography