TY - JOUR
T1 - Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease
AU - Cavazza, Alberto
AU - Colby, Thomas V.
AU - Dubini, Alessandra
AU - Tomassetti, Sara
AU - Ravaglia, Claudia
AU - Poletti, Venerino
AU - Mengoli, Maria Cecilia
AU - Tagliavini, Elena
AU - Rossi, Giulio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Transbronchial cryobiopsy, a new diagnostic procedure in patients with diffuse lung disease, provides larger and better-preserved lung specimens compared to forceps biopsy. The diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy is much better than that of forceps biopsy and slightly lower than that of surgical lung biopsy, but with a lower complication rate compared to the latter. Literature suggests that in the multidisciplinary approach to patients with diffuse lung disease cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information similar to surgical lung biopsy. Cryobiopsy can also be performed in some patients unsuitable for surgical biopsy, yet in whom histologic input is needed.
AB - Transbronchial cryobiopsy, a new diagnostic procedure in patients with diffuse lung disease, provides larger and better-preserved lung specimens compared to forceps biopsy. The diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy is much better than that of forceps biopsy and slightly lower than that of surgical lung biopsy, but with a lower complication rate compared to the latter. Literature suggests that in the multidisciplinary approach to patients with diffuse lung disease cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information similar to surgical lung biopsy. Cryobiopsy can also be performed in some patients unsuitable for surgical biopsy, yet in whom histologic input is needed.
KW - Diffuse lung disease
KW - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
KW - Interstitial lung disease
KW - Multidisciplinary diagnosis
KW - Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
KW - Transbronchial cryobiopsy
KW - Usual interstitial pneumonia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.path.2019.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.path.2019.11.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32005433
AN - SCOPUS:85078222542
VL - 13
SP - 197
EP - 208
JO - Surgical Pathology Clinics
JF - Surgical Pathology Clinics
SN - 1875-9181
IS - 1
ER -