Aronberg D J, Sagel S S, Jost R G, Levitt R G
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1979 Jan;132(1):23-5. doi: 10.2214/ajr.132.1.23.
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.
