Concordance between sequential transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy in patients with diffuse interstitial lung disease

• Main Authors: Yoshiaki Zaizen (Author), Yasuo Kohashi (Author), Kishio Kuroda (Author), Kazuhiro Tabata (Author), Yuka Kitamura (Author), Akira Hebisawa (Author), Yuji Saito (Author), Junya Fukuoka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Increasing evidence indicates the utility of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD). However, only one study has compared TBLC and surgical lung biopsy (SLB) performed on the same patients. Methods We identified seven patients w...