title: Diagnosis of interstitial lung disease by a percutaneous lung biopsy sample.
abstract: A percutaneous lung biopsy sample was used to diagnose interstitial lung disease in nine children aged less than 42 months. Fibrosing alveolitis was diagnosed in eight children and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in one child. Complications associated with the procedure were minimal and the results of the biopsy sample enabled each child to be treated appropriately.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Unit, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carty
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Velzen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heaf
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000473:pathology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology*