TABLE 2.

Summary of studies of BAL fluid cytology findings for hematological patients with IPA

Reference	Year	No. of IPA cases	No. of BAL fluid samples	Cytology sensitivity (%)	Comments
Levy et al. (5)	1992	21 (16 proven)	343 from 300 patients	64
Saito et al. (9)	1988	9	22	0
Kahn et al. (3)	1986	17	82	53	Not all leukemia
Albelda et al. (10)	1984	16 (proven)	21 from 19 patients	43.75