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Table 4 Identification of the NSIP pattern by the pathologists

From: Usefulness of surgical lung biopsies after cryobiopsies when pathological results are inconclusive or show a pattern suggestive of a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

 

Pathologist

MR

DH

FD

NSIP on TBLC

5/14 (36%)

2/14 (14%)

3/14 (21%)

Level of confidence (n)

Indeterminate (2)

Low (1)

Indeterminate (1)

 

Low (3)

Very low (1)

Very low (2)

NSIP on SLB

1/14 (7%)

0/14 (0%)

1/14 (7%)

NSIP on TBLC and SLB

1/5 (20%)

0/2 (0%)

0/3 (0%)

  1. The three experienced pathologists (MR, DH, and FD) retrospectively reviewed samples for which both TBLCs and SLBs were available (n = 14). Recognition of a NSIP pattern was recorded as well as its level of confidence
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Respiratory Research

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