These " false positives " can lead to much more risky and invasive lung biopsies and even surgery that is unnecessary for benign disease, Burk says.
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A lung biopsy is required if the clinical history and imaging are not clearly suggestive of a specific diagnosis or malignancy cannot otherwise be ruled out.
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Lung biopsies can be diagnostic in cases of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, or may help to suggest the diagnosis and trigger or intensify the search for an allergen.
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The main feature of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis on lung biopsies is expansion of the interstitium by lymphocytes accompanied by an occasional multinucleated giant cell or loose granuloma.
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For a limited number of cases this is a definite advantage, as a precise molecular diagnosis can be done; frequently then there is no need for a lung biopsy.
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On surgical lung biopsy, the histopathologic pattern is organizing pneumonia with preserved lung architecture; this pattern is not exclusive to BOOP and must be interpreted in the clinical context.
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However, during a lung biopsy, Powell's lung gives out and House is forced to intervene by which he notices that Powell has lost reflex capabilities in his right arm.
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While Angels radioman Bob Starr recovers from hospitalization for pneumonia that included a lung biopsy, Mario Impemba has become the workhouse on the Angels staff the last few weeks.
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Transthoracic lung biopsies are preferable for diagnosis of constrictive BO compared to transbronchial biopsies; regardless of the type of biopsy, a diagnosis may only be achieved by examination of multiple samples.
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On December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, White was diagnosed with T-cell count had dropped to 25 ( a healthy individual without HIV will have around 500 & ndash; 1200 ).
