Table 2. The histological and clinical diagnosis assigned to patients.
Diagnosis | No [%] |
---|---|
(I) Histological diagnosis | |
Usual interstitial pneumonia | |
High confidence | 48 [19] |
Low confidence | 27 [11] |
Hypersensitivity pneumonia | |
Fibrotic | 30 [12] |
Non-fibrotic | 6 [2] |
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia | |
Fibrotic | 16 [6] |
Cellular | 12 [5] |
Smoking-related ILD | |
Respiratory bronchiolitis-ILD | 10 [4] |
Desquamative interstitial pneumonia | 4 [2] |
Organizing pneumonia | 10 [4] |
Sarcoidosis | 6 [2] |
Sequela after infection | 4 [2] |
Eosinophilic pneumonia | 3 [1] |
Miscellaneous* | 15 [6] |
No specific pattern or non-contributing | 59 [24] |
(II) MDT diagnosis | |
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | |
High confidence | 46 [18] |
Low confidence | 27 [11] |
Hypersensitivity pneumonia | |
Fibrotic | 32 [13] |
Non-fibrotic | 7[3] |
Non-specific interstitial pneumonia | |
Fibrotic | 12 [5] |
Cellular | 5 [2] |
Smoking-related ILD | 16 [6] |
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia | 7 [3] |
Drug-induced ILD | 8 [3] |
Sarcoidosis | 5 [2] |
Sequela after infection | 6 [2] |
Eosinophilic pneumonia | 4 [2] |
Miscellaneous** | 22 [9] |
Connective tissue disease-associated ILD | 7 [3] |
Unclassifiable ILD | 46 [18] |
*, asbestosis: 2; bronchiolitis obliterans (hematopoietic stem cell transplant): 2; vasculitis: 2; lymphangitis carcinomatosis/lung adenocarcinoma: 2; emphysema: 2; amyloidosis: 1; Langerhans cell histiocytosis X: 1; granulomatous-lymphocytic ILD: 1; chronic hemorrhage: 1; accumulation of lymphocytes in chronic lymphatic leukemia: 1. **, asbestosis: 3; cystic lung diseases: 3; emphysema: 2; bronchiolitis obliterans (hematopoietic stem cell transplant): 2; vasculitis: 2; lymphangitis carcinomatosis/lung adenocarcinoma: 2; amyloidosis: 1; granulomatous-lymphocytic ILD: 1; pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: 1; chronic aspergillosis: 1; combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: 1; nodular lymphoid hyperplasia: 1; accumulation of lymphocytes in chronic lymphatic leukemia: 1; interstitial lung abnormality: 1. ILD, interstitial lung disease; MDT, multidisciplinary team discussion.