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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2018 Apr;25(2):88–96. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000401

Table 4.

Cryobiopsy Diagnostic Results Stratified by HRCT UIP designation

UIP designation Pathological diagnosis Clinical diagnosis
UIP Other Non-dx IPF Other Non-dx
UIP pattern (n=7) 4 0 3 6 1a 0
Possible UIP (n=11) 5 1b 5 6 2c 3
Inconsistent with UIP (n=86) 10d 26e 50 10 46e 30

Data presented as frequencies.

a

Asbestosis

b

Respiratory Bronchiolitis

c

Respiratory Bronchiolitis-ILD, chronic aspiration

d

Inconsistent with UIP for lack of basilar predominance/significant upper lobe involvement (4), air trapping >3 lobes (3), significant ground glass (2), peribronchovascular predominance (1)

e

See Table 3