Characteristic CT features of chronic HP, IPF, and NSIP allow confident distinction between these entities in approximately 50% of patients.

Idiopathic NSIP is a distinct clinical entity that occurs mostly in middle-aged women who are never-smokers. The prognosis of NSIP is very good.

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EBUS-TBNA was superior to mediastinoscopy in terms of its diagnostic performance for mediastinal staging of cN1-3 NSCLC. Because EBUS-TBNA is both less invasive and affords superior diagnostic sensitivity, it should be the first-line procedure performed in patients with NSCLC.