[Planocellular bronchial carcinoma--patho-anatomic characteristics, tumor growth rate and possibilities of modern diagnosis].

Basic features of squamous cell bronchial carcinoma are reviewed since this is one of the most common histologic forms of this malignoma. Referential data reveal pathoanatomic features of squamous cell bronchial carcinoma and classification according to degree of differentiation to well, moderately and poorly differentiated histologic type. Data on the growth rate of squamous cell bronchial carcinoma are presented and correlated to other histologic groups of bronchial carcinoma. The most commonly applied diagnostic measures and their efficacy have also been discussed.