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Table 1 Discordant diagnoses between surgical lung biopsies and lung explants (n = 27)

From: A single-institution study of concordance of pathological diagnoses for interstitial lung diseases between pre-transplantation surgical lung biopsies and lung explants

No.

Diagnosis on SLB

SLB location

SLB No. of lobes

Diagnosis on Explant

Explanted lung

1

Fibrotic NSIP

Right

2

UIP

Left

2

UIP

Left

N/A

ILD-NOS

Both

3

UIP

Left

N/A

CHP

Left

4

CHP

Right

N/A

UIP

Both

5

NSIP

Left

2

UIP

Both

6

COP

Right

N/A

UIP

Both

7

NSIP

Left

2

UIP

Both

8

DAD

Right

1

NSIP

Both

9

NSIP

Right

2

UIP

Both

10

DIP

Left

N/A

UIP

Both

11

NSIP

Left

2

ILD-NOS

Both

12

UIP

Right

2

Fibrotic NSIP

Both

13

ALI

Right

2

UIP

Both

14

Chronic Bronchiolitis

Right

3

UIP

Both

15

UIP

Right

2

Fibrotic NSIP

Right

16

NSIP

Right

2

UIP

Both

17

UIP

Left

N/A

NSIP

Both

18

BOOP

Right

2

ILD-NOS

Both

19

UIP

Right

N/A

Fibrotic NSIP

Left

20

BOOP

Left

2

UIP

Left

21

Chronic Bronchiolitis

Right

1

CTD-ILD with PAH

Both

22

NSIP

Left

2

UIP

Right

23

NSIP

Right

2

UIP

Both

24

UIP

Right

2

NSIP

Right

25

UIP

Left

2

End-stage IF, likely environmental

Both

26

NSIP

Right

2

CHP

Left

27

ILD-NOS

Left

N/A

UIP

Both

  1. Abbreviations: ALI acute lung injury, BOOP bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, CHP chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, COP cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, CTD-ILD connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease, DAD diffuse alveolar damage, DIP desquamative interstitial pneumonia, IF idiopathic fibrosis, ILD-NOS interstitial lung disease–not otherwise specified, N/A not available, NSIP non-specific interstitial pneumonia, PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension, SLB surgical lung biopsy, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia