Bronchial cancer and asbestos: comparison of anamnestic exposure to asbestos, detection of asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar lavage and in lung tissue
Schildge, J.; Pumpe, K.; Ortlieb, H.; Costabel, U.
Pneumologie 44(Suppl 1): 333-334
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0934-8387 PMID: 2164195 Document Number: 347796
The histories of 19 surgical patients with carcinomas of the lungs were examined for exposure to asbestos, and the patients investigated with BAL and lung tissue analysis for the presence of AB. In 63% there was a history of occupational exposure to asbestos; in 47% there was an above-average asbestos load in the lung tissue. In 22% of the patients with exposure to asbestos, the BALF was positive. The asbestos content of lung tissue was appreciably higher than that of a published control group with no carcinoma of the lungs, on the basis of post-mortem material.