119 – “Sign of the Bubble”

119 - Positive bubble sign

“Sign of the Bubble” positive At hour 11: bubbles are observed in the lateral segmental of the middle lobe (RB4). No bubbles in the medial (RB5), at hour 7 of the photograph: they report the distal obstruction of this bronchus. It indicates that in segment RB5 the bronchoscopist must introduce the biopsy clamp to reach … Read more

115 – Sign of the “Funnel”

115 - Bence sign

Inflammatory signs dominate the image, but here the light has been lost and the longitudinal folds meet giving this upper lobe a “funnel” aspect: “Bence sign”. This indirect sign linked to bronchogenic carcinoma was described in Buenos Aires in 1942 by Dr. Alvaro Bence, in charge of the bronchoscopy service at the Guillermo Rawson hospital … Read more