Table 3 Results of the radiological and histopathological re-evaluation, showing the number of biopsy confirmed cases and number of patients included in the study. There was no significant difference in the diagnostic accuracy between the five university hospitals. After multidisciplinary evaluation altogether 111 patients were considered to have IPF
Histopathological finding | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radiological finding | n (%) | N:O of biopsies | UIP | Probable UIP | Possible UIP | Not UIP | IPF in multidisciplinary evaluation (%) |
UIP pattern | 87 (70.7) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 87 |
Possible UIP pattern | 18 (14.6) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||
Inconsistent with UIP pattern | 18 (14.6) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 123 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 111 (90.2) |