Abstract:Background: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) has widely used for the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease. However, it remains unclear whether TBLC is useful for the diagnosis in hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). Methods: We investigated 18 patients who underwent TBLC and were diagnosed with HP based on pathology or multidisciplinary discussion (MDD). Of the 18 patients, 12 had fibrotic HP (fHP), 2 had non-fibrotic HP (non-fHP) diagnosed with MDD. The remaining 4 patients were diagnosed with fHP by patholog… Show more
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