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

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...

Source: Respiratory Research - September 4, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Benjamin Bondue, Dimitri Leduc, Antoine Froidure, Thierry Pieters, Olivier Taton, Vincent Heinen, Patrick Alexander, Delphine Hoton, Florence Dome and Myriam Remmelink Tags: Research Source Type: research