| bronchogenic cyst |
a spherical congenital cyst arising from anomalous budding during the formation of the tracheobronchial tree; it is usually found in the mediastinum or the lung and is lined with bronchial epithelium that may contain secretory elements. It may contain air, and if it communicates with the trachea or a bronchus it may periodically evacuate fluid contents into the air passages, resulting in attacks of voluminous expectoration. Infection leads to mediastinal or pulmonary abscess. ...
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| bronchogenic carcinoma |
A cancerous tumor originating in the bronchi.
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| bronchogenic |
originating in a bronchus.
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| bronchogenic a. |
the usual type of adenocarcinoma of the lung, as distinguished from the subtype bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.
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| bronchogenic c. |
any of a large group of carcinomas of the lung, so called because they arise from the epithelium of the bronchial tree. Four primary subtypes are distinguished: adenocarcinoma of the lung, large cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
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