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. 2016 Oct 8;151(2):389–399. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.09.028

Table 2.

HRCT Consensus and Clinician Consensus on TBB and SLB Final Diagnoses with Perceived Need for SLB Based on TBB Evaluation Alone

Case HRCT Diagnosis
Radiology Consensus
Clinical-Radiologic Impressiona (Confidenceb) TBB Pathologic Diagnosis SLB Pathologic Diagnosis TBB Final Diagnosisa (Confidenceb) SLB Final Diagnosisa (Confidenceb) Get SLB? Agreement in TBB and SLB Final Diagnoses
1 Definite UIP 1 (2) UIP UIP 1 (1) 1 (1) No Yes
2 Probable UIP 1 (1) Inadequate UIP 1 (1) 1 (1) No Yes
3 Probable UIP 1 (1) UIP HP vs UIP 1 (1) 3 (2) No No
4 Probable UIP 1 (1) UIP UIP 1 (1) 1 (1) No Yes
5 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 2 (2) UIP UIP 1 (1) 1 (1) No Yes
6 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1 (2) UIP UIP 1 (1) 1 (1) No Yes
7 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1 (3) UIP UIP 1 (2) 1 (2) No Yes
8 HP 3 (3) HP HP 3 (1) 3 (1) No Yes
9 Normal 8 (1) Organizing pneumonia Organizing pneumonia 7 (1) 7 (1) No Yes
10 Other, non-IIP 7 (2) Nondiagnostic Nondiagnostic 7 (2) 7 (2) No Yes
11 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1 (2) Nondiagnostic UIP 1 (2) 1 (1) Undecided Yes
12 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1 (2) Inadequate UIP 1 (2) 1 (1) Undecided Yes
13 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 2 (2) Nondiagnostic Probable HP 2 (2) 2 (3) Yes Yes
14 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 3 (2) Nondiagnostic UIP 1, 2, 3 (3) 1 (2) Yes No
15 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 7 (2) UIP Chronic bronchiolitis 1 (2) 6 (2) Yes No
16 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 2 (2) UIP Eosinophilic pneumonia, NSIP 1 (2) 7 (1) Yes No
17 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 3 (2) Nondiagnostic UIP 3, 1 (3) 1 (2) Yes No
18 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1 (2) Inadequate UIP 1 (2) 1 (1) Yes Yes
19 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 2, 3 (3) HP HP 3 (2) 3 (1) Yes Yes
20 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1, 2 (3) Nondiagnostic UIP 1, 2 (3) 1 (1) Yes No
21 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1, 2 (3) Inadequate UIP 1 (3) 1 (1) Yes Yes
22 Possible UIP/NSIP-like 1, 2, 3 (3) Inadequate HP 3 (3) 3 (2) Yes Yes
23 HP 4, 7 (3) Nondiagnostic RB 7 (3) 4 (2) Yes No
24 HP 1, 3 (3) Nondiagnostic RB 3 (3) 4 (1) Yes No
25 HP 1, 2, 3 (3) Inadequate UIP 1, 2, 7 (3) 1 (1) Yes No
26 HP 3, 4 (3) Nondiagnostic Peribronchiolar metaplasia 3 (3) 4 (2) Yes No
27 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia 7 (3) HP Organizing pneumonia 3, 7 (3) 7 (1) Yes No
28 Emphysema 5 (1), 2 (3) Nondiagnostic HP 2 (3) 4 (1) Yes No
29 Other, non-IIP 7 (2) Nondiagnostic Follicular bronchiolitis 7 (2) 6 (1) Yes No
30 No consensus
HP, small airways disease, other
4 (3) Nondiagnostic RB 4 (3) 4 (1) Yes Yes
31 No consensus
DIP, probable UIP, other
2 (2) Nondiagnostic NSIP 2 (2) 2 (1) Yes Yes
32 No consensus
HP, definite UIP, possible UIP
1 (2), 3 (3) Nondiagnostic UIP 3 (2) 1 (1) Yes No
33 No consensus
HP, possible UIP/NSIP-like, sarcoid
1 (3) UIP HP 1 (2) 3 (1) Yes No

DIP = desquamative interstitial pneumonia; HP = hypersensitivity pneumonitis; IIP = idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; NSIP = nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; RB = respiratory bronchiolitis; SLB = surgical lung biopsy; TBB = transbronchial biopsy; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia. See Table 1 legend for expansion of other abbreviations.

a

1 = UIP; 2 = NSIP; 3 = HP, 4 = RB ILD/DIP; 5 = emphysema; 6 = bronchiolitis; 7 = other; 8 = normal.

b

Confidence: 1 = definite; 2 = probable; 3 = possible.