BRANCHIAL BIOPSY, PUNITIVE OF CARCINOMA I N-SITU

Bronchial carcinoma in situ is an intra-epithelial proliferation of tu mour which does not cross the basement membrane and is asymptomatic. T he evidence for this cancer often rests on a biopsy carried out on a b ronchus which may show simple inflammation or may even be normal. We r eport a new observation on a bronchial carcinoma in situ which was com pletely ablated after a bronchial biopsy. However surgery remains the first form of treatment for bronchial cancer. If the patient is inoper able, endobroncho-cryotherapy, radiotherapy or phototherapy may be tri ed but tumour recurrence remains a possibility.