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Hamman-Rich syndrome other diagnostic studies
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Bronchioalveolar lavage and surgical lung biopsy can be helpful in diagnosing other diseases that causing diffuse alveolar damage that present same as acute interstitial pneumonitis.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other Diagnostic Studies
- Bronchoalveolar lavage[1]
- Bronchoalveolar lavage can be helpful in obtaining tissue fragments for cultures, for the assessment of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and for the assessment of cellular differentials.
- Surgical lung biopsy:[2]
- The gold standard for diagnosis is surgical lung biopsy.
References
References
- ↑ Meyer KC, Raghu G, Baughman RP, Brown KK, Costabel U, du Bois RM, Drent M, Haslam PL, Kim DS, Nagai S, Rottoli P, Saltini C, Selman M, Strange C, Wood B (May 2012). “An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease”. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 185 (9): 1004–14. doi:10.1164/rccm.201202-0320ST. PMID 22550210.
- ↑ Bouros D, Nicholson AC, Polychronopoulos V, du Bois RM (February 2000). “Acute interstitial pneumonia”. Eur. Respir. J. 15 (2): 412–8. PMID 10706513.
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