TY - JOUR
T1 - Histopathologic variability in usual and nonspecific interstitial pneumonias
AU - Flaherty, Kevin R.
AU - Travis, William D.
AU - Colby, Thomas V.
AU - Toews, Galen B.
AU - Kazerooni, Ella A.
AU - Gross, Barry H.
AU - Jain, Arvind
AU - Strawderman, Robert L.
AU - Flint, Andrew
AU - Lynch, Joseph P.
AU - Martinez, Fernando J.
PY - 2001/11/1
Y1 - 2001/11/1
N2 - Findings of surgical lung biopsy (SLB) are important in categorizing patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). We investigated whether histologic variability would be evident in SLB specimens from multiple lobes in patients with IIP. SLBs from 168 patients, 109 of whom had multiple lobes biopsied, were reviewed by three pathologists. A diagnosis was assigned to each lobe. A different diagnosis was found between lobes in 26% of the patients. Patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in all lobes were categorized as concordant for UIP (n = 51) and those with UIP in at least one lobe were categorized as discordant for UIP (n = 28). Patients with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) in all lobes were categorized as having fibrotic (n = 25) or cellular NSIP (n = 5). No consistent distribution of lobar histology was noted. Patients concordant for UIP were older (63 ± 9 [mean ± SD] yr; p < 0.05 as compared with all other groups) than those discordant for UIP (57 ± 12 yr) or with fibrotic NSIP (56 ± 11 yr) or cellular NSIP (50 ± 9 yr). Semiquantitative high-resolution computed tomography demonstrated a varied profusion of fibrosis (p < 0.05 for all group comparisons), with more fibrosis in concordant UIP (2.13 ± 0.62) than in discordant UIP (1.42 ± 0.73), fibrotic NSIP (0.83 ± 0.58), or cellular NSIP (0.44 ± 0.42). Survival was better for patients with NSIP than for those in both UIP groups (p < 0.001), although survival in the two UIP groups was comparable (p = 0.16). Lobar histologic variability is frequent in patients with IIP, patients with a histologic pattern of UIP in any lobe should be classified as having UIP.
AB - Findings of surgical lung biopsy (SLB) are important in categorizing patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). We investigated whether histologic variability would be evident in SLB specimens from multiple lobes in patients with IIP. SLBs from 168 patients, 109 of whom had multiple lobes biopsied, were reviewed by three pathologists. A diagnosis was assigned to each lobe. A different diagnosis was found between lobes in 26% of the patients. Patients with usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) in all lobes were categorized as concordant for UIP (n = 51) and those with UIP in at least one lobe were categorized as discordant for UIP (n = 28). Patients with nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) in all lobes were categorized as having fibrotic (n = 25) or cellular NSIP (n = 5). No consistent distribution of lobar histology was noted. Patients concordant for UIP were older (63 ± 9 [mean ± SD] yr; p < 0.05 as compared with all other groups) than those discordant for UIP (57 ± 12 yr) or with fibrotic NSIP (56 ± 11 yr) or cellular NSIP (50 ± 9 yr). Semiquantitative high-resolution computed tomography demonstrated a varied profusion of fibrosis (p < 0.05 for all group comparisons), with more fibrosis in concordant UIP (2.13 ± 0.62) than in discordant UIP (1.42 ± 0.73), fibrotic NSIP (0.83 ± 0.58), or cellular NSIP (0.44 ± 0.42). Survival was better for patients with NSIP than for those in both UIP groups (p < 0.001), although survival in the two UIP groups was comparable (p = 0.16). Lobar histologic variability is frequent in patients with IIP, patients with a histologic pattern of UIP in any lobe should be classified as having UIP.
KW - Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
KW - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
KW - Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
KW - Pulmonary fibrosis
KW - Usual interstitial pneumonia
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U2 - 10.1164/ajrccm.164.9.2103074
DO - 10.1164/ajrccm.164.9.2103074
M3 - Article
C2 - 11719316
AN - SCOPUS:0035508478
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 164
SP - 1722
EP - 1727
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 9
ER -