title: Pulmonary sarcoidosis: spirometric correlation with transbronchial biopsy.
abstract: We studied the relationship between the histopathology obtained by trans-bronchial lung biopsy (TBLB), and spirometric indices in 28 patients of pulmonary sarcoidosis in whom the diagnosis was confirmed. There was a rough correlation between FVC and the histologic granuloma load, interstitial inflammation and the overall histopathological score. Radiological features did not correlate with either spirometry or histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical and Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jorapur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bambery
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Jindal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods