Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease.
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Thoracoscopic lung biopsy is becoming the procedure of first choice for the diagnosis of many localized and diffuse lung diseases. We have performed thoracoscopic lung biopsy for 17 patients with diffuse infiltrative lung disease, in Kurume University Hospital. There were 13 females and 4 males with a mean age of 48 years (range: 19-71 years). Thoracoscopic surgical biopsy was performed in the right lung in 12 and in the left lung in 5. Adequate lung tissue from each case was obtained for pathological examination. The mean surgical biopsy time was 49 min (range: 25-72 min) and bleeding was negligible. The mean duration for chest tube drainage was 2.6 days. No postoperative complication such as prolonged air leakage occurred. A specific diagnosis from the biopsy was achieved in 13 (76.4%) of the 17 cases. In only 6 (35.2%) of the 17 cases, the pathological diagnosis was the same as that from the thoracoscopic biopsy. In these 6 cases, the same diagnosis was obtained only in those with idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis or diffuse panbronchitis. Thoracoscopic lung biopsy was safe and useful for diagnosis for diffuse infiltrative lung disease.
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| Authors | S Takamori,A Hayashi,T Matsuo,M Mitsuoka,H Tanigawa,M Fukunaga,K Miwa,Y Sueyasu,M Hotta,K Shirouzu;S Takamori;A Hayashi;T Matsuo;M Mitsuoka;H Tanigawa;M Fukunaga;K Miwa;Y Sueyasu;M Hotta;K Shirouzu; |
| Journal | The Kurume Medical Journal |
| Year | 2000 |
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10.2739/kurumemedj.47.263
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