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. 2019 Jan 21;19:20. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0778-x

Table 1.

Discordant diagnoses between surgical lung biopsies and lung explants (n = 27)

No. Diagnosis on SLB SLB location SLB No. of lobes Diagnosis on Explant Explanted lung
1 Fibrotic NSIP Right 2 UIP Left
2 UIP Left N/A ILD-NOS Both
3 UIP Left N/A CHP Left
4 CHP Right N/A UIP Both
5 NSIP Left 2 UIP Both
6 COP Right N/A UIP Both
7 NSIP Left 2 UIP Both
8 DAD Right 1 NSIP Both
9 NSIP Right 2 UIP Both
10 DIP Left N/A UIP Both
11 NSIP Left 2 ILD-NOS Both
12 UIP Right 2 Fibrotic NSIP Both
13 ALI Right 2 UIP Both
14 Chronic Bronchiolitis Right 3 UIP Both
15 UIP Right 2 Fibrotic NSIP Right
16 NSIP Right 2 UIP Both
17 UIP Left N/A NSIP Both
18 BOOP Right 2 ILD-NOS Both
19 UIP Right N/A Fibrotic NSIP Left
20 BOOP Left 2 UIP Left
21 Chronic Bronchiolitis Right 1 CTD-ILD with PAH Both
22 NSIP Left 2 UIP Right
23 NSIP Right 2 UIP Both
24 UIP Right 2 NSIP Right
25 UIP Left 2 End-stage IF, likely environmental Both
26 NSIP Right 2 CHP Left
27 ILD-NOS Left N/A UIP Both

Abbreviations: ALI acute lung injury, BOOP bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, CHP chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, COP cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, CTD-ILD connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease, DAD diffuse alveolar damage, DIP desquamative interstitial pneumonia, IF idiopathic fibrosis, ILD-NOS interstitial lung disease–not otherwise specified, N/A not available, NSIP non-specific interstitial pneumonia, PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension, SLB surgical lung biopsy, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia