Table 4. Multidisciplinary committee diagnoses by biopsy technique according to diffuse interstitial classification.

GROUP 1. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
	Conventional	Cryoprobe
	N = 12	N = 26
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	3 (2.4%)	10 (8.1%)
RB ILD-associated	4 (3.2%)	6 (4.8%)
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia	3 (2.4%)	5 (4.0%)
Organizing pneumonia	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)
GROUP 2. ILD of known cause or association
	Conventional	Cryoprobe
	N = 4	N = 20
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis	3 (2.4%)	13 (10.5%)
Drug-induced pneumonitis	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)
Lipoid pneumonia	0	2 (1.6%)
Connective tissue disease-associated ILD	0	2 (1.6%)
GROUP 3. Granulomatous ILD and miscellaneous ILD
	Conventional	Cryoprobe
	N = 5	N = 9
Sarcoidosis	4 (3.2%)	6 (4.8%)
Pulmonary amyloidosis	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)
Langerhans cell histiocytosis	0	1 (0.8%)
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis	0	1 (0.8%)
GROUP 4. Other non-ILD diagnoses
	Conventional	Cryoprobe
	N = 3	N = 4
Lung neoplasm	3 (2.4%)	3 (2.4%)
Lymphoproliferative syndrome	0	1 (0.8%)

Data are presented as numbers and percentages. RB, respiratory bronchiolitis, IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; ILD, interstitial lung disease.