TRANSBRONCHIAL AND ENDOBRONCHIAL BIOPSIES

Featuring over 250 full-color images, this text is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated guide to interpretation of transbronchial and endobronchial biopsies. The book presents a consistent, well-organized approach to each biopsy diagnosis: differential diagnosis includes low-power figure overview, high-power figure from the same diagnosis, followed by artifacts, pitfalls, and special clues to the correct diagnosis.

Table of contents

• Overview of Transbronchial and Endobronchial Biopsies
• Artifacts and Non-Specific Changes
• Non-Small Cell Carcinomas
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Metastatic Cancers
• PreInvasive Lesions
• Hematolymphoid Malignancies
• Benign Neoplasms
• Viruses
• Bacterial Pneumonia
• Mycoplasma Pneumonia
• Pneumocystis jiroveci
• Mycobacteria
• Fungus
• Other Infections
• Diffuse Alveolar Damage
• Pulmonary Edema
• Organizing Pneumonia
• Acute Fibrinous and Organizing Pneumonia
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Intra-alveolar Hemorrhage
• Eosinophilic Pneumonia
• Lipid Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
• Sarcoidosis
• Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
• Collagen Vascular Diseases
• Drug Reactions
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Pneumoconioses
• Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
• Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
• Intravenous Drug Abuse
• Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis
• Acute Transplant Rejection
• Other Transplant Associated Pathology
• Non-Neoplastic Large Airways Pathology
• Role of Transbronchial and Endobronchial Biopsies in Children
• Bronchial Masses in the Pediatric Population
• Tracheobronchial Biopsy for Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
• Legal Aspects of Endobronchial and Transbronchial Biopsy
• Index