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. 2017 Jan 19;2017:3425812. doi: 10.1155/2017/3425812

Table 3.

Bronchoscopic and histopathological examinations.

Feature N = 109 %
Bronchoscopy (n = 107)
 Multiple intraluminal nodules, masses 64/107 59.9
 Luminal stenosis, occlusion 54/107 50.5
 Bronchial wall thickening 30/107 28.0
 Brittle and easily bleeding mucosa 26/107 24.3
 Mucosal unevenness 23/107 21.5
 Mucosal hyperemia and edema 22/107 20.6
 Mucosal paleness 1/107 0.9
 Wall rigidity 1/107 0.9
Histopathology (n = 109)
 Submucosal amyloid deposition 109/109 100.0
 Brick red amyloid by Congo red staining 50/109 45.9
 Yellow-green birefringence of amyloid by polarizing microscopy 22/109 20.2