title: Beyond a consensus classification for idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: progress and controversies.
abstract: Histopathological classification schemes provide the underpinnings for separating idiopathic interstitial pneumonias into clinically meaningful groups. An interdisciplinary classification system based on a combination of evidence and expert opinion was published in 2002 and set the stage for controversy in several areas, including not only nomenclature but also the role of surgical lung biopsy and pathologists in diagnosis. We provide a brief overview of the clinical and histological features of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, and focus on selected topics of interest that have emerged in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology at University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0054, USA. myerjeff@umich.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Anna-Luise A
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Katzenstein
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D032921:Consensus; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D054988:Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology