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Interstitial lung disease—the new synergy between radiology and pathology
Author(s) -
Quigley M,
Hansell D M,
Nicholson A G
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02420.x
Subject(s) - pathology , interstitial lung disease , medicine , lung , disease , anatomical pathology , lung disease , radiology , immunohistochemistry
In the last 30 years, high‐resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has been the major advance in diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD). We review the diagnostic accuracy of HRCT and discuss how the gold standard in diagnosis of DPLD has shifted from histopathological diagnosis in isolation to a multidisciplinary approach. This latter process is now accepted as providing the highest levels of diagnostic accuracy in patients with DPLD and lung biopsy is primarily reserved for cases with atypical clinical or radiological presentations.