Diagnostic values of bronchoscopy and multi-slice spiral CT for congenital dysplasia of the respiratory system in infants: a comparative study

• Published in: Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi Vol. 15; no. 9; p. 759
• Main Authors: Wang, Xing-Lu, Huang, Ying, Li, Qu-Bei, Dai, Ji-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Bronchoscopy - methods; Humans; Infant; Multidetector Computed Tomography - methods; Respiratory System Abnormalities - diagnosis; Tracheobronchomalacia - diagnosis
• ISSN: 1008-8830
• DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2013.09.012

To investigate and compare the diagnostic values of bronchoscopy and multi-slice spiral computed tomography (CT) for congenital dysplasia of the respiratory system in infants. Analysis was performed on the clinical data, bronchoscopic findings and multi-slice spiral CT findings of 319 infants (≤1 years old) who underwent bronchoscopy and/or multi-slice spiral CT and were diagnosed with congenital dysplasia of the respiratory system. A total of 476 cases of congenital dysplasia of the respiratory system were found in the 319 infants, including primary dysplasia of the respiratory system (392 cases) and compressive dysplasia of the respiratory system (84 cases). Of the 392 cases of primary dysplasia of the respiratory system, 225 (57.4%) were diagnosed by bronchoscopy versus 167 (42.6%) by multi-slice spiral CT. There were significant differences in etiological diagnosis between bronchoscopy and multi-slice spiral CT in infants with congenital dysplasia of the respiratory system (P<0.05). All 76 cases of primar