• Indian pediatrics · Jun 2018

    Case Reports

    Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy for Diagnosis of Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease.

    • 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.MessageTransbronchial cryobiopsy of the lung can provide adequate lung tissue for a categorical diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases in children.

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