Surgical pulmonary biopsy in diffuse interstitial pneumopathies

On the basis of 81 cases of surgical lung biopsy performed in the course of diffuse interstitial lung disease, the authors report the yield and the tolerance which they observed with this technique in comparison with data from the literature. Like other authors, they obtained an excellent histologic...

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Published in:	Revue de pneumologie clinique Vol. 41; no. 6; p. 397
Main Authors:	Hallet, J F, Feintrenie, X, Martinet, Y, Borrelly, J, Lamy, P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	France 1985
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Biopsy - adverse effects Biopsy - methods Bronchography Child Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Lung - pathology Lung - surgery Lung Diseases - pathology Lung Neoplasms - pathology Male Middle Aged Pneumoconiosis - pathology Pulmonary Fibrosis - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Fibrosis - etiology Pulmonary Fibrosis - pathology Retrospective Studies Sarcoidosis - pathology
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Summary:	On the basis of 81 cases of surgical lung biopsy performed in the course of diffuse interstitial lung disease, the authors report the yield and the tolerance which they observed with this technique in comparison with data from the literature. Like other authors, they obtained an excellent histological yield, as only one case was uninterpretable in this present series. However, they emphasise the "final yield", which consists of a precise aetiological diagnosis, i.e. the exclusion of the diagnosis of diffuse interstitial fibrosis. The analysis of the tolerance of the procedure revealed a higher morbidity and mortality than those generally reported in the literature.
ISSN:	0761-8417