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. 2022 Nov;14(11):4361–4371. doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-809

Table 2. Case diagnoses.

Diagnosis ILD (n=69) Without ILD (n=362) P value
Malignant lesions 66 339 0.042
   Diagnostic case 41 252
      Adenocarcinoma 19 184
      Squamous cell carcinoma 11 32
      Small cell carcinoma 4 4
      Non-small cell carcinoma 6 19
      Malignant lymphoma 1 2
      Metastatic lung cancer 0 10
      Spindle cell carcinoma 0 1
   Non-diagnostic case 25 87
Benign lesions 3 23 0.319
   Diagnostic case 2 21
      Inflammatory lesions 2 9
      Aspergillosis 0 2
      Cryptococcus 0 1
      NTM 0 4
      Organizing pneumonitis 0 1
      Sarcoidosis 0 1
      Actinomycosis 0 1
      Tuberculosis 0 1
      Abscess 0 1
   Non-diagnostic case 1 2

ILD, interstitial lung disease; NTM, non-tuberculous mycobacteria.