255 – Bronchial Carcinoma

255 - Undifferentiated carcinoma

View from the left source bronchus, near its fork in the carrefour. A prominent mass rises on its side and bottom walls. The longitudinal folds, very accentuated, lose their parallelism and tend to meet as they enter the upper and lower lobe bronchi. The widening of the secondary carina and the intense edema contribute to … Read more

254 – Bronchial Carcinoma

254 - Carcinoma

Tumor with “glove finger” appearance. This lesion emerges from the right source bronchus and its independence from the bronchial wall is quite evident. It may have a base of implantation much farther from its visible proximal end. The tracheal carina is pushed to the left.

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