Massive hemoptysis is a medical emergency with high mortality presenting several difficult
diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The origin of bleeding and underlying etiology often …

Introduction: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is increasingly being used as an
alternative to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) biopsy to establish the …

Background: This American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, Japanese
Respiratory Society, and Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax guideline updates prior …

Background: This document provides clinical recommendations for the diagnosis of
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It represents a collaborative effort between the American …

Background Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a novel technique for sampling lung
tissue for interstitial lung disease diagnosis. The aim of this study was to establish the …

Background In patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD), histopathological input is often
required to obtain a diagnosis. Surgical lung biopsy (SLB) is considered the reference …

Background Standardization of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung
diseases is imminent; however, the majority of published series on cryobiopsy include a …

Rationale: The diagnostic concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC)—
versus surgical lung biopsy (SLB) as the current gold standard—in interstitial lung disease …

Background Transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBC) is increasingly recognized as a potential
alternative to surgical lung biopsy (SLB) for the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) …

Data on the pathology of COVID-19 are scarce; available studies show diffuse alveolar
damage; however, there is scarce information on the chronologic evolution of COVID-19 …