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

Malgorzata SobieckaMonika SzturmowiczKatarzyna B LewandowskaInga BarańskaKatarzyna ZimnaEwa ŁyżwaMałgorzata DybowskaRenata LangfortPiotr Radwan-RöhrenschefAdriana RożyWitold Z Tomkowski

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

Increased cellularity and lymphocytosis in BAL persist despite lung fibrosis in HP patients and may be used as important discriminators between IPF and fHP.

Keyphrases

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
interstitial lung disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
systemic sclerosis
prognostic factors
cell therapy
bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells
drug induced