title: [Transbronchial biopsy of the lung : value for diagnosis of sarcoïdosis. A study in 53 patients (author's transl)].
abstract: Data yielded by bronchial and transbronchial biopsy specimens removed during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 53 patients with sarcoïdosis (24 stage I, 27 stage II, and 2 stage III) was analyzed. Bronchial biopsies (3 to 5 specimens) were positive in 49% of patients (41,6% stage I, 55,5% stage II, 1/2 stage III). Transbronchial biopsies removing bronchiolar and alveolar specimens yielded 88,6% positive results (91.6% stage  I, 85,1% stage II, 2/2 stage III). Lymphocyte counts bronchioalveolar washings exceeded normal values by 15% in all 42 patients studied. We conclude : 1) that transbronchial lung biopsies yield significantly more information than proximal bronchial biopsies ; 2) that results of bronchioloalveolar washings reflect granulomatous immunologic changes in the lung and do not allow unequivocal diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la biopsie pulmonaire transbronchique dans le diagnostic de la sarcoïdose. A propos de cinquante-trois cas.