Transbronchial cryobiopsy, a new diagnostic procedure in patients with diffuse lung disease, provides larger and better-preserved lung specimens compared to forceps biopsy. The diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy is much better than that of forceps biopsy and slightly lower than that of surgical lung biopsy, but with a lower complication rate compared to the latter. Literature suggests that in the multidisciplinary approach to patients with diffuse lung disease cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information similar to surgical lung biopsy. Cryobiopsy can also be performed in some patients unsuitable for surgical biopsy, yet in whom histologic input is needed.

Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease / Cavazza A.; Colby T.V.; Dubini A.; Tomassetti S.; Ravaglia C.; Poletti V.; Mengoli M.C.; Tagliavini E.; Rossi G.. - In: SURGICAL PATHOLOGY CLINICS. - ISSN 1875-9181. - ELETTRONICO. - 13:(2020), pp. 197-208. [10.1016/j.path.2019.11.004]

Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Diffuse Lung Disease

Dubini A.;Tomassetti S.;Poletti V.;
2020

Abstract

Transbronchial cryobiopsy, a new diagnostic procedure in patients with diffuse lung disease, provides larger and better-preserved lung specimens compared to forceps biopsy. The diagnostic yield of cryobiopsy is much better than that of forceps biopsy and slightly lower than that of surgical lung biopsy, but with a lower complication rate compared to the latter. Literature suggests that in the multidisciplinary approach to patients with diffuse lung disease cryobiopsy provides diagnostic and prognostic information similar to surgical lung biopsy. Cryobiopsy can also be performed in some patients unsuitable for surgical biopsy, yet in whom histologic input is needed.
2020
13
197
208
Cavazza A.; Colby T.V.; Dubini A.; Tomassetti S.; Ravaglia C.; Poletti V.; Mengoli M.C.; Tagliavini E.; Rossi G.
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