Diagnostic Yield of Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy Compared to Transbronchial Forceps Biopsy in Patients with Sarcoidosis in a Prospective, Randomized, Multicentre Cross-Over Trial.
Maik HäntschelRalf EberhardtChristoph PetermannWolfgang GesierichKaid DarwicheLars HagmeyerThomas V ColbyFalko FendDirk TheegartenHanns-Olof WintzerMichael KreuterWerner SpenglerAnnika Felicitas Behrens-ZemekRichard A LewisHenry C EvrardAhmed EhabMichael BöckelerJürgen HetzelPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
In this post hoc analysis, the histological diagnosis of sarcoidosis was made significantly more often by TBLC than by TBLF. As in other idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), the use of TBLC should be considered when sarcoidosis is suspected.