Clinical Study

Methylene Blue-Aided In Vivo Staining of Central Airways during Flexible Bronchoscopy

Table 1

Underlying diseases which were indications for bronchoscopy.

nUnderlying disease

6Adenocarcinoma of the lung
4Squamous cell cancer of the lung
2Small cell lung cancer
2Bronchoalveolar carcinoma
1Metastasis of renal cancer
1Metastasis of colorectal cancer
1Papillomatosis of the trachea
2Esophageal cancer
2Carcinoma of unknown primary
1Sarcoidosis
2Followup after lung cancer surgery
2Suspicious findings in CT scan