DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i02.069

Pages: 816-820

The advent of fiberoptic bronchocopy has revolutionized the sampling of respiratory tract and has increased diagnosis of lung tumors. The study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of bronchial wash and brush cytology in diagnosing lung tumors. This is a 3 years retrospective study from August 2010 to July 2013. 448 cases were included in the study. Bronchial wash and brush were obtained from all the 448 cases. The results had shown that adenocarcinoma was the most common tumor followed by squamous cell carcinoma. The male to female ratio in our study was 12.64:1. The most common age at presentation of lung cancers was 51-60 years. Involvement of right lung as compared to left lung was in the ratio of 1.3:1. In conclusion, Bronchial wash and brush cytology are an important basic diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of lung cancers. This technique can be used concurrently with bronchial biopsy whenever required.