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ArticleLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Cystic lung lesion following transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: Case report and systematic review.

Srikant Kashinath Malegaonkar, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Valliappan Muthu, Ritesh Agarwal, Amanjit Bal, Sahajal Dhooria

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Srikant Kashinath MalegaonkarDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Inderpaul Singh SehgalDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Valliappan MuthuDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Ritesh AgarwalDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Amanjit BalDepartment of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Sahajal DhooriaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
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Abstract

Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a technique used to sample the lungs for diagnosing diffuse lung diseases. A sizeable tissue is sheared off the lung parenchyma during TBLC leading to a defect in the lung, which might result in a cystic lesion on imaging. Computed tomography (CT) performed for other reasons might incidentally reveal such a cyst. We report a 75-year-old patient who underwent TBLC and developed significant intraprocedural bleeding. Chest CT performed for worsening breathlessness revealed an acute exacerbation (AE) of the underlying interstitial lung disease, and incidentally showed a new cyst in the biopsied lung lobe. The patient recovered clinically after the administration of high-dose methylprednisolone. A chest CT performed nine months later showed resolution of the lung cyst. A systematic review of the literature revealed that cysts/pneumatoceles/cavities may appear in 50% of patients following TBLC. About 90% are due to biopsy trauma and mostly resolve spontaneously. Rarely, a cavity may be due to infection; antimicrobial agents should be administered in such cases.

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Bronchoscopyhypersensitivity pneumonitisILDinterstitial lung diseaselung cryobiopsy

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