Open AccessTransbronchial lung biopsy with a flexible cryoprobe: First case report from India
Author(s) -
Sahajal Dhooria,
Amanjit Bal,
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal,
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal,
Digambar Behera,
Ritesh Agarwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.173066
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , parenchyma , tuberculosis , lung , biopsy , radiology , pathology , bronchoscopy , lung biopsy
Sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are granulomatous disorders that mimic each other both clinically and radiologically. Both can present with fever and pulmonary nodules and often require the performance of transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) for diagnosis. In recent studies, the flexible cryoprobe for carrying out TBLB has been found to be useful in the diagnosis of disorders diffusely involving the lung parenchyma. Here, we present the case of a 29-year-old man who presented with fever and cough and was found to have multiple small nodules in both lungs. TBLB with a flexible cryoprobe helped in differentiating between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis.