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Lentz, R.J., Taylor, T.M., Kropski, J.A., Sandler, K.L., Johnson, J.E., Blackwell, T.S., Maldonado, F. and Rickman, O.B. (2018) Utility of Flexible Bronchoscopic Cryobiopsy for Diagnosis of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases. The Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, 25, 88-96.

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• TITLE: Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Diseases. Looking at the Holy Grail or Another Misleading Diagnostic Approach?

  AUTHORS: Ioannis Sotiriou, Alaxandra Konstantinidou

  KEYWORDS: Transbronchial Lung Biopsy, Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy, Surgical Lung Biopsy, Interstitial Lung Diseases

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases, Vol.8 No.4, November 12, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD’s) are a group of heterogenous chronic, ferociously progressive lung diseases. The aetiology of the aforementioned diseases is not always recognisable. The diagnosis of these dismal diseases is a vivid challenge for the physicians. Through the intervening years different diagnostic algorithms have been implemented towards more accurate outcome. Different types of ILD’s demand diverse diagnostic approaches. In the latest years a novel diagnostic mini invasive approach seems to gain continuously terrain towards the diagnosis of ILD’s. Transbronchial cryobiopsy may be the Holy Grail in the diagnosis of these diseases or a misleading diagnostic tool in this challenging field.