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vol. 23 no. 133 308-319
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- Received June 10, 2014
- Accepted June 15, 2014
- Published online August 31, 2014.
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- Wim A. Wuyts1,
- Alberto Cavazza2,
- Giulio Rossi3,
- Francesco Bonella4,
- Nicola Sverzellati5 and
- Paolo Spagnolo6⇑
- 1Unit for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 2Operative Unit of Pathology, S. Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy. 3Section of Pathology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy. 4Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Dept of Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy. 5Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease Unit, Ruhrlandklinik, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. 6Medical University Clinic, Canton Hospital Baselland and University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland.
- Paolo Spagnolo, Medical University Clinic, Canton Hospital Baselland, and University of Basel, Rheinstrasse 26, 4410 Liestal, Switzerland. E-mail: paolo.spagnolo{at}ksbl.ch
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Vol 23 Issue 133
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Differential diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia: when is it truly idiopathic?
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- Abstract
- Clinical case
- Challenges in diagnosing IPF in clinical practice
- Delay in diagnosis
- Excluding known causes of pulmonary fibrosis
- Determining when a confirmatory SLB is needed
- Differential diagnosis of UIP pattern
- UIP pattern on histology: considerations for the clinician
- Role of BAL in the differential diagnosis
- Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
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