[The advantage of combined histological and cytological examination for the early diagnosis of lung tumors].

The authors present an analysis of the results of pre- and postoperative cytohistological examination in patients with suspect bronchogenic carcinoma. The number of falsely cytologically positive findings in a group of 446 patients with non-tumorous affection did not exceeed 2%. In confrontation of 1516 cytological and histological perioperative results the ascertained number of incorrect cytological conclusions was not higher too.