PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS - SPIROMETRIC CORRELATION WITH TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY

Authors
GUPTA D JORAPUR V BAMBERY P JOSHI K JINDAL SK
Citation
D. Gupta et al., PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS - SPIROMETRIC CORRELATION WITH TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY, Sarcoidosis vasculitis and diffuse lung diseases, 14(1), 1997, pp. 77-80
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Sarcoidosis vasculitis and diffuse lung diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
11240490
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
77 - 80
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-0490(1997)14:1<77:PS-SCW>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We studied the relationship between the histopathology obtained by tra ns-bronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), and spirometric indices in 28 patient s of pulmonary sarcoidosis in whom the diagnosis was confirmed. There was a rough correlation between FVC and the histologic granuloma load, interstitial inflammation and the overall histopathological score. Ra diological features did not correlate with either spirometry or histop athology.