[Cytograms of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in disseminated lung processes and their correlation with cytomorphological pattern of biopsy specimens].

Examination included the findings of 141 patients with various granulomatous pulmonary diseases: tuberculosis (26), sarcoidosis (100) and exogenous-allergic alveolitis (15). The biopsy specimens were divided into 3 groups depending on the nature of changes: (1) the presence of epithelioid-cellular granulomas (EG) (80); (2) fibrous changes (47); (3) caseous detritus (14). Patients with EG in the biopsy specimens had mean lymphocytosis of 41.