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- J T Srikanta, S Swarna, D S Shylendra, and Ravindra Mehta.
- Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Correspondence to: Dr JT Srikanta, Institute of Pulmonology, Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, India. Shrek_jt@yahoo.com.
- Indian Pediatr. 2018 Jun 15; 55 (6): 519-520.
BackgroundTissue diagnosis of Childhood interstitial lung diseases is of paramount importance to outline management.Case CharacteristicsA 10-year-old boy with prolonged cough, and computed tomography of thorax with features suggestive of primary Langerhans's cell histiocytosis.InterventionTransbronchial cryobiopsy of lung using flexible cryoprobe, revealed a final diagnosis of Surfactant protein C/ABCA3 deficiency.Transbronchial cryobiopsy of the lung can provide adequate lung tissue for a categorical diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases in children.
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