American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 132, Issue 1, 23-25
Copyright © 1979 by American Roentgen Ray Society
Oat cell carcinoma manifesting as a bronchocele
DJ Aronberg,
SS Sagel,
RG Jost,
and
RG Levitt
Three cases of oat cell carcinoma appearing as a bronchocele on the chest radiograph are described. A bronchocele as the major radiologic manifestation of oat cell carcinoma has not been emphasized previously. Such a bronchocele may be filled with neoplastic cells rather than only inspissated mucus. Needle aspiration biopsy was definitive in two of the cases when conventional diagnostic methods failed.