Friday, May 29, 2009

What is the most dominent radiological pattern in this HRCT ?
What is the likely diagnosis ? Would you recommend a lung biopsy to this person ?
Dominent pattern is ground glass opacification.With interstitial ,reticular patttern,some subpleural fibrosis and early honeycombing.
Ground glassing indicates active disease and not an advanced fibrosis.this is considered drug treatable. Lung biopsy is indicated.
Incidentally this was the first thoracoscopic lung biospy I did .Histopathology - NSIP

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