RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 My approach to interstitial lung disease using clinical, radiological and histopathological patterns
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 387
OP 401
DO 10.1136/jcp.2008.059782
VO 62
IS 5
A1 K O Leslie
YR 2009
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/62/5/387.abstract
AB The complex world of interstitial lung disease presents nearly insurmountable challenges to the general surgical pathologist faced with a lung biopsy in this setting. The pathology is often inflammatory and always requires clinical and radiological context for a relevant and clinically useful histopathological diagnosis. A pattern-based histopathological approach to interstitial lung disease provides a “map” for the general pathologist to navigate this area successfully, especially so when used with aid of the clinical and radiological patterns of presentation.