Bronchoscopic Lung Cryobiopsy Increases Diagnostic Confidence in the Multidisciplinary Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Sara TomassettiAthol U WellsUlrich CostabelAlberto CavazzaThomas V ColbyGiulio RossiNicola SverzellatiAngelo CarloniElisa CarrettaMatteo BuccioliPaola TantaloccoClaudia RavagliaChristian GurioliAlessandra DubiniSara PiciucchiJay H RyuVenerino PolettiPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2016)
BLC is a new biopsy method that has a meaningful impact on diagnostic confidence in the multidisciplinary diagnosis of interstitial lung disease and may prove useful in the diagnosis of IPF. This study provides a robust rationale for future studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of BLC compared with SLB.