[Clinical staging of malignant lung and bronchial tumors].

The use of computed tomography for staging lung cancer is still under discussion. With reference to the literature, a comparison is made between the established conventional X-ray examinations, computed tomography and mediastinoscopy. Computed tomography is a useful non-invasive staging method for pretreatment classification of the primary tumour, the regional lymph node, and distant metastasis. The limitations of this method for staging lung cancer are outlined.