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  • Title: [Suitability of fiberscopy of the upper respiratory tracts during esophagogastroduodenoscopy and bronchoscopy].
    Author: Mkrtchian LN, Ambartsumian AM.
    Journal: Vopr Onkol; 1987; 33(2):90-3. PubMed ID: 3825010.
    Abstract:
    Prophylactic fibroscopic examination of the upper respiratory tract was carried out in 1,201 patients, 1,038 of them being simultaneously subjected to fiber esophagogastroduodenoscopy and 163--to fiber bronchoscopy. Specimens for cytomorphologic examination were taken from 393 cases. In 18.2%, various pathology of the upper respiratory tract was found, including inflammation in 9.7%. The group at high risk for cancer included 2.9% of examinees. Malignancies were detected in 0.08%.
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