Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases.

Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases.

BACKGROUND: Histology is a key element for the multidisciplinary diagnosis of fibrotic diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (f-DPLD) when the clinical-radiological picture is nondiagnostic. Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) have been shown to be useful for obtaining large and well-preserved biopsie...

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Main Authors: Gian Luca Casoni, Sara Tomassetti, Alberto Cavazza, Thomas V Colby, Alessandra Dubini, Jay H Ryu, Elisa Carretta, Paola Tantalocco, Sara Piciucchi, Claudia Ravaglia, Christian Gurioli, Micaela Romagnoli, Carlo Gurioli, Marco Chilosi, Venerino Poletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3938401?pdf=render

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