Title
The Role of Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Perspective from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Recommended Citation
Hariri LP, Roden AC, Chung JH, Danoff SK, Gomez Manjarres DC, Hartwig M, Kheir F, King C, Kreider M, Lynch DA, Mooney J, Muniappan A, Myers JL, Paoletti L, Raj R, Safdar Z, Suliman S, Thavarajah K, Lederer DJ, Rudell FL, Bianchi P, Shea BS, and Ley B. The Role of Surgical Lung Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease: Perspective from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-18-2021
Publication Title
Ann Am Thorac Soc
Abstract
Diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) requires a multidisciplinary diagnosis (MDD) approach that includes clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists. Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) is currently the recommended standard in obtaining pathological specimens for patients with ILD requiring a tissue diagnosis. The increased diagnostic confidence and accuracy provided by microscopic pathology assessment of SLB specimens must be balanced with the associated risks in ILD patients. This document was developed by the Surgical Lung Biopsy Working Group of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, composed of a multidisciplinary group of ILD physicians including pulmonologists, radiologists, pathologists, and thoracic surgeons. In this document, we present an up-to-date literature review of the indications, contraindications, risks, and alternatives to SLB in the diagnosis of fibrotic ILD, outline an integrated approach to the decision-making around SLB in the diagnosis of fibrotic ILD, and provide practical information to maximize the yield and safety of SLB.
PubMed ID
34004127
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
