[Diagnosis of bronchogenic carcinoma with MRI].

MRI anatomy of 15 normal chests and features of 24 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma confirmed by surgery or exfoliative cell examination of sputum were analysed. The authors preliminarily conclude that MRI is of remarkable diagnostic value in demonstrating tumor size, its location and extent, exhibiting the relationship between tumor mass and its surrounding such as greater vessel, trachea and bronchi and so forth. It is also more efficient in detecting hilar or mediastinal metastatic lymphadenopathy.