Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Count and Lymphocytosis Are the Important Discriminators between Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Count and Lymphocytosis Are the Important Discriminators between Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Background: Fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (fHP) shares many features with other fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD), and as a result it can be misdiagnosed as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We aimed to determine the value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) total cell count (TCC) and...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Sobiecka, Monika Szturmowicz, Katarzyna B. Lewandowska, Inga Barańska, Katarzyna Zimna, Ewa Łyżwa, Małgorzata Dybowska, Renata Langfort, Piotr Radwan-Röhrenschef, Adriana Roży, Witold Z. Tomkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytosis
bronchoalveolar lavage cell count
fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
diagnosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/13/5/935

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