TY - JOUR
T1 - Transbronchial cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of fibrotic interstitial lung disease
AU - Mehrad, Mitra
AU - Colby, Thomas V.
AU - Rossi, Giulio
AU - Cavazza, Alberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 College of American Pathologists. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Context. - Transbronchial cryobiopsy is an emerging procedure to obtain lung tissue for diagnosis of interstitial lung disease and has gained popularity because it is less invasive and has a lower rate of complications compared with nonselective surgical lung biopsy. Objective. - To provide an overview of the status of the medical literature regarding transbronchial cryobiopsy. Data Sources. - A literature search was performed using PubMed search engine. The terms ''cryobiopsy'' or ''cryoprobe'' and ''interstitial lung disease'' or ''diffuse parenchymal lung disease'' or ''pulmonary fibrosis'' were used, with the search concluding at the end of November 2019. Conclusions. - While the diagnostic yield of transbronchial cryobiopsy is slightly lower than surgical lung biopsy, a growing amount of literature suggests that with a multidisciplinary approach cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information approaching that of surgical lung biopsy with lower morbidity and mortality.
AB - Context. - Transbronchial cryobiopsy is an emerging procedure to obtain lung tissue for diagnosis of interstitial lung disease and has gained popularity because it is less invasive and has a lower rate of complications compared with nonselective surgical lung biopsy. Objective. - To provide an overview of the status of the medical literature regarding transbronchial cryobiopsy. Data Sources. - A literature search was performed using PubMed search engine. The terms ''cryobiopsy'' or ''cryoprobe'' and ''interstitial lung disease'' or ''diffuse parenchymal lung disease'' or ''pulmonary fibrosis'' were used, with the search concluding at the end of November 2019. Conclusions. - While the diagnostic yield of transbronchial cryobiopsy is slightly lower than surgical lung biopsy, a growing amount of literature suggests that with a multidisciplinary approach cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information approaching that of surgical lung biopsy with lower morbidity and mortality.
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U2 - 10.5858/arpa.2020-0007-RA
DO - 10.5858/arpa.2020-0007-RA
M3 - Article
C2 - 32320274
AN - SCOPUS:85091604152
VL - 144
SP - 1501
EP - 1508
JO - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
SN - 0003-9985
IS - 12
ER -