Usefulness of surgical lung biopsies after cryobiopsies when pathological results are inconclusive or show a pattern suggestive of a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Usefulness of surgical lung biopsies after cryobiopsies when pathological results are inconclusive or show a pattern suggestive of a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Abstract Background Although increasing data supports the use of transbronchial lung cryobiopsies (TBLCs) for the diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs), its role as an alternative to surgical lung biopsy (SLB) is still under debate. The aim of this study was to assess the benefit of...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Bondue, Dimitri Leduc, Antoine Froidure, Thierry Pieters, Olivier Taton, Vincent Heinen, Patrick Alexander, Delphine Hoton, Florence Dome, Myriam Remmelink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Cryobiopsy
Surgical lung biopsy
Interstitial lung disease
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy
Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01487-w

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