A complex examination of lung bulle cavities

Abstract

Results of a combined radiological and morphological examination of 146 patients with the lung cavity syndrome are shown in the article. Three types of the airway structure were revealed using he selective bronchography and simultaneous bronchotomography: short (of the 7-8^th generations), medium (of 9-19^th generations) and long (of 20-24^th generations). In most cases the bullae were situated into the short and medium bronchi. The subsequent computed tomography of 27 patients and pathomorphological examination of the resected samples of the lung in 11 patients demonstrated that the "opened" bullae are located in the proximal and medium parenchima zones and "closed" ones are in the distal zones.